Investigating Texas' Targeting of Naturalized Citizen Voters
Democrats in Congress are investigating Texas officials’ targeting of tens of thousands of naturalized citizen voters earlier this year.
The investigation is part of a larger probe by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform into allegations of voter suppression in three states. Democrats in charge of the committee announced their investigation into Texas’ botched attempt to scrub the voter rolls of 95,000 alleged non-citizens in a letter Thursday to acting Secretary of State David Whitley, who oversaw the rollout of the flawed voter purge just weeks after being appointed by Governor Greg Abbott.
“We are disturbed by reports that your office has taken steps to remove thousands of eligible American voters from the rolls in Texas and that you have referred many of these Americans for possible criminal prosecution,” wrote Elijah Cummings, who chairs the committee, and Jamie Raskin, who chairs a subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties. Both are Democrats from Maryland. The letter requests documents related to Whitley’s botched effort, which targeted tens of thousands of naturalized citizens, along with communications between his office and top state officials and the Trump Administration.
Neither Whitley nor Abbott’s office would immediately comment on the investigation by the committee, which has the power to subpoena information. “We are reviewing the letter and look forward to providing the committee with information that demonstrates our compliance with the law while ensuring free and fair elections,” Jeff Mateer, the state’s first assistant attorney general, said in prepared statement.
Read more: https://www.texasobserver.org/congressional-democrats-are-investigating-texas-targeting-of-naturalized-citizen-voters/
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