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Showing Original Post only (View all)Texas secretary of state resigns after leading botched voter purge that questioned the citizenship [View all]
Texas secretary of state resigns after leading botched voter purge that questioned the citizenship of almost 100,000 people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/28/texas-secretary-state-resigns-after-leading-botched-voter-purge-that-questioned-citizenship-almost-people/?utm_term=.4eda6f3cbd42
Texass acting secretary of state, David Whitley (R), resigned Monday just months after leading the botched voter purge of nearly 100,000 suspected noncitizens that erroneously also targeted U.S. citizens, efforts that drew rebukes from a federal judge and numerous voter rights groups.
Whitleys departure came as the Texas Senate failed to confirm him to the position by a two-thirds majority on the last day of the legislative session. He submitted his resignation letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) effective immediately just before the final gavel, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman. Abbott accepted his resignation shortly afterward, praising his moral character and integrity.
Neither Whitleys resignation letter nor Abbotts mentioned the controversy.
Working alongside the employees in the secretary of states office, county election officials, and representatives of our #1 trading partner, Mexico, has been my distinct honor and privilege, Whitley, 36, wrote in the resignation letter, reproduced by multiple local outlets.
Whitley, a gubernatorial appointee and former aide to Abbott, spent less than six months overseeing Texas elections. He will leave office best known for the disastrous elections-integrity operation that wrongly identified thousands of naturalized citizens as suspected noncitizens illegally registered to vote.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/28/texas-secretary-state-resigns-after-leading-botched-voter-purge-that-questioned-citizenship-almost-people/?utm_term=.4eda6f3cbd42
Texass acting secretary of state, David Whitley (R), resigned Monday just months after leading the botched voter purge of nearly 100,000 suspected noncitizens that erroneously also targeted U.S. citizens, efforts that drew rebukes from a federal judge and numerous voter rights groups.
Whitleys departure came as the Texas Senate failed to confirm him to the position by a two-thirds majority on the last day of the legislative session. He submitted his resignation letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) effective immediately just before the final gavel, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman. Abbott accepted his resignation shortly afterward, praising his moral character and integrity.
Neither Whitleys resignation letter nor Abbotts mentioned the controversy.
Working alongside the employees in the secretary of states office, county election officials, and representatives of our #1 trading partner, Mexico, has been my distinct honor and privilege, Whitley, 36, wrote in the resignation letter, reproduced by multiple local outlets.
Whitley, a gubernatorial appointee and former aide to Abbott, spent less than six months overseeing Texas elections. He will leave office best known for the disastrous elections-integrity operation that wrongly identified thousands of naturalized citizens as suspected noncitizens illegally registered to vote.
Republicans really don't want US citizens to vote. They're so "concerned" that non-citizens may be voting that they feel the need to do these ridiculous purges. They can tell who is or isn't a citizen based solely on looking at someone or their name.
Someone is worried Texas might be getting bluer.
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Texas secretary of state resigns after leading botched voter purge that questioned the citizenship [View all]
IronLionZion
May 2019
OP
"botched" and "erroneous" are rather charitable terms for crimes against democracy.
lagomorph777
May 2019
#2
Please pay attention, DUers. This is a very big deal considering the hold the repugs have on
efhmc
May 2019
#5
I'm not aware of the SS name angle. I've been working the elections since 08
MagickMuffin
May 2019
#20
I don't understand. What happened to the elected Sec of State, if Whitley didn't get elected?
Honeycombe8
May 2019
#15
So the Gov pulled a Trump? He apptd an "acting" Sec of State in the post indefinitely? nt
Honeycombe8
May 2019
#22