Report: Embattled Texas elections chief David Whitley resigns

[left-of-center2012]

Source: Dallas News

Interim Secretary of State David Whitley - who oversaw a botched investigation that questioned the citizenship of nearly 100,000 Texas voters - is officially out of a job.

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Whitley, a former top aide, to the position in December after the previous secretary of state resigned. But just before lawmakers finished the 2019 session Monday afternoon without confirming him, the embattled elections chief resigned "effective immediately."

Usually a perfunctory act, Whitley's nomination became a flash point this session after his office questioned the citizenship of nearly 100,000 Texas voters. Facing steep pressure from voting rights advocates, Democrats in the Texas Senate Democrats had said they could not vote to confirm Whitley because of the botched investigation. The caucus stuck together during the session despite significant political pressure to drop their opposition.

Whitley's confirmation required the support of two-thirds of senators, or 21 of them if all 31 are present. The Senate's 19 Republicans supported the governor's nominee, but without any Democrats crossing over, his confirmation seemed mathematically impossible.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2019/05/27/embattled-texas-elections-chief-david-whitley-could-job-today

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. Christofascists sure have a penchant for hiring the incompetent and corrupt.

[walkingman]

2. Adios you POS and take Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton with you.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

7. And don't forget Dan Patrick!

[joshdawg]

10. Yes, THIS!

And all the rest of the incompetent republicans in Texas' Congress.

[prodigitalson]

3. Go, Texas Dems. nt

[Judi Lynn]

4. Texas secretary of state resigns after botched voter purge

BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 05/27/19 08:29 PM EDT

Acting Texas Secretary of State David Whitley (R) resigned on Monday after his office wrongly questioned the U.S. citizenship of nearly 100,000 people, The Houston Chronicle reported.

The embattled official who oversaw the state’s elections penned a resignation letter to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who nominated him for the job in December.

“Working alongside the employees in the secretary of state’s office, county election officials, and representatives of our #1 trading partner, Mexico, has been my distinct honor and privilege,” Whitley wrote in the letter obtained by the newspaper. “And to have your trust in doing so goes beyond what I ever dreamed of as a kid growing up in a small South Texas community.”

Whitley was facing a Monday deadline to be confirmed by the Texas Senate or lose his job. The letter was sent shortly before the state Senate adjourned until 2021, The Chronicle reported.

More:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/445682-texas-secretary-of-state-resigns-after-botched-voter-purge

[not fooled]

5. Huh

just too blatant. Texas pukes will pick someone to carry on but with more subtlety and cunning.

[DFW]

6. If Abbott appointed him, you KNOW he's sleaze

And the same plastic surgeon who did Mnuchin's mouth apparently also did this guy.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

8. Ha!

[diva77]

9. I wish the media would jump on stories like this and ask the head SOS of NASS whether they have a

a comment.

There needs to be waaaaaay more light shined (shone?) upon SOS's.