Hundreds of Texans cast ballots improperly in last fall's election, according to an investigation by the Associated Press, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
The AP says the voters, in both Democratic and Republican leaning counties, 'gamed' the adjustments made to the state's Voter ID law to cast ballots without showing any identification at all, even though some of the voters said they had ID.
Amid legal assaults from civil rights groups, the state last year agreed to a stopgap adjustment to the law to allow people without identification to sign statements under oath that they were the person registered to vote, and they were also required to present some sort on non photo ID, like a utility bill.
In some cases the voters said they had a photo ID but declined to show it, with one voter saying she 'didn't want to participate in the law.'
Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanan told the AP that a 'large chunk' of the 600 affidavits filled out in the county probably fit that category.
If it is found that a person lied when filling out the affidavit, that person can be charged with perjury, a felony.
Gov. Greg Abbott responded to the AP report by tweeting, 'in Texas, you will pay a price for voter fraud.'
Just last week, a Mexican national who officials concede probably thought she could legally vote in Texas was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Elections officials say to be able to vote, even to be able to vote by affidavit or by provisional ballot, a person has to be registered to vote.
The law that required all Texas voters to show a 'government issued' photo id was thrown out by a federal judge as being discriminatory to minorities. The version in place in November, with its affidavits and provisional ballots, was a stopgap solution while the case makes its way through the courts.