Texas can withhold list of people it thinks are noncitizens and can’t vote, appeals court rules

Hundreds of people joined a voting rights rally on May 8, 2021, to speak out against restrictive voting bills at the Texas Capitol in Austin. (Credit: Montinique Monroe for The Texas Tribune)

A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas does not need to release details about a list of 11,737 registered voters whom the state has identified as potential noncitizens.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Thursday reversed a lower court’s ruling in August in which a district judge had found Texas was violating federal law by refusing to release the list.