The Texas two-step on voter fraud: Make outlandish claims, then walk them back

[Judi Lynn]

Claims that 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in Texas are already being quietly walked back

NINA SPARLING
FEBRUARY 2, 2019 2:29PM (UTC)

Incendiary claims by the Texas secretary of state that 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in Texas are already being quietly walked back by Texas state officials, who made headlines with what appear to be poorly documented charges. Already, some counties have been informed that some, perhaps thousands, of registered voters deemed ineligible to vote were wrongly flagged as potential noncitizens. The state also faces at least one lawsuit from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), charging state officials with voter intimidation.

Texas Secretary of State David Whitley (R) initially claimed to have found 95,000 possible noncitizens registered to vote statewide, some 58,000 of whom have cast a ballot at some point since 1996. State officials issued an advisory last week that advises local election officials to verify the names that fall in their jurisdictions.

The secretary of state’s office has already notified some counties of errors.

“It’s a lot of what appears to be baseless claims and stoking the voter fraud fears,” Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the progressive group Common Cause Texas told WhoWhatWhy. “There is no evidence of anything despite the tweets we saw from our president.”

More:
https://www.salon.com/2019/02/02/the-texas-two-step-on-voter-fraud-make-outlandish-claims-then-walk-them-back_partner/

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