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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: Elderberry on March 20, 2020, 12:06:24 pm
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Texas Scorecard by Erin Anderson March 19, 2020
Harris County will finally release public records of foreigners registering and voting, ending a two-year court fight with election integrity group Public Interest Legal.
After two years of hiding public voter data, the state’s biggest county will finally disclose records of foreigners illegally voting in Texas elections, ending a court battle initiated by an election integrity group.
This week, Harris County settled a lawsuit brought against its top voter registration official and agreed to release all records of noncitizen voters requested by Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative law firm that specializes in fighting to enforce federal voter roll maintenance laws.
The settlement is a win for clean elections and transparency.
“Our election systems must be transparent,†PILF President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams said in a statement:
“Foreigners are registering and voting in the United States. Election officials must be transparent and follow federal disclosure laws if we are ever to understand the extent of the problem. This settlement is the best possible outcome for clean elections in Texas.â€
More: https://texasscorecard.com/local/texas-top-county-to-stop-hiding-noncitizen-voter-data/ (https://texasscorecard.com/local/texas-top-county-to-stop-hiding-noncitizen-voter-data/)
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Wouldn't mind a ping of the results once analyzed... thanks
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Maybe my brain is too simplistic, but if no foreigners - legal or illegal immigrants - are voting, then Harris County had no need to fight this lawsuit. OTOH, Harris County fought it and have, apparently, admitted that non-citizens are registered to vote, which means Harris County, at best, was trying to conceal and protect lawbreakers.
Other than, probably, putting it too nicely, am I missing something?