Texas officials deny claims migrants are being 'signed up to vote' at the DMV

Texas Republicans are squashing claims that immigrants were being registered to vote at multiple DMV locations near Fort Worth.

Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo shared information from a 'friend' in Texas, who claimed that state Department of Motor Vehicle was signing up immigrants to vote at several locations near Weatherford and Fort Worth.

'Had massive line of immigrants getting licenses and had a tent and table outside the front door of the DMV registering them to vote,' Bartiromo tweeted Aug. 18.

Her tweet caught the attention of many in Texas, including the Republican Chairman of the Parker County Party, where Weatherford is located. 

After investigating her claims, he called them 'erroneous.'

Texas officials have denied claims that migrants were registering to vote at DMV locations immediately after obtaining drivers' licenses (file image)

'The Parker County GOP has spent the last 24 hours investigating the claims made by Maria Bartiromo on X and subsequently in a segment on her show,' Parker County Republican Chairman Brady Gray set the record straight on Aug 19 on Twitter.

'After multiple conversations with the County Election Administration office and with the DPS (Department of Public Safety) office, here are some facts. 

1. While we are everyday registering more voters in Parker county, there has been no large submission of registrants consistent with the claim. 

2. All voter registration applications in the county are processed by the county EA office (County Voter Registrar) and are uploaded to SOS (Secretary of State) to verify the applicants eligibility to vote (i.e. citizenship, etc.). 

'Not only have there been no recent instances of ineligible individuals attempting to register in Parker county, there have only been two in the last 15 years.'

Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo hosts 'Sunday Morning Futures' from New York City

Fox's Maria Bartiromo during an exclusive interview with former President Donald Trump in July 2023

He also added that the Texas Department of Public Safety debunked the claims of massive registration drives-- which would not have been allowed. 

'While these claims seemed strange from the onset, I take every claim of election fraud or interference very seriously and will always do everything in my power to ensure that our elections are fair and that the community can have confidence in the process,' the Republican Chairman stated.

Fox News did not respond to DailyMail.com request for comment on the false information spread by one of its marquee anchors who has fostered a close relationship with former President Donald Trump for years. 

As of Wednesday at noon EST, Bartiromo's tweet with lies was still on her Twitter account. 

It's not the first time Bartiromo has made false claims about elections.

The Washington Post described her as one of 'few people in the United States who played as significant a role in boosting those falsehoods' about Trump's claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.

Repeatedly through facts and multiple court cases, Trump's allegations of voter fraud that cost him the election have been proven to be false.