Gov. Greg Abbott blames DPS for voter roll snafu. But the story behind the citizenship review is com
Amid the fallout surrounding his administration’s botched review of the voter rolls, Gov. Greg Abbott has picked a side.
Who’s to blame for the state’s mistaken challenge to the voting rights of thousands of Texans? The longtime head of the Department of Public Safety, Steve McCraw.
During a radio interview last week, Abbott slammed McCraw’s department for not “adequately” communicating to the secretary of state that the data at the heart of the controversial voter review was “admittedly flawed.” And he specifically passed the blame onto McCraw for “faulty information” that “hamstrung” the state’s review efforts.
Then on Monday, Abbott referred to McCraw’s alleged mistakes as “unacceptable,” describing the review as a mishandled “law enforcement issue.”
It was a striking, two-punch rebuke of a high-ranking state official who has long backed Abbott’s priorities, particularly on security concerns at the Texas-Mexico border. But recent court testimony and documents obtained by The Texas Tribune paint a more complicated picture. In reality, the voter citizenship review was flawed in two major ways.
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/03/04/voting-rights-fight-texas-gov-greg-abbott-picks-side-david-whitley/
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