February 14, 2019      5:12 PM

His nomination in peril, Secretary of State Whitley apologizes for rollout of voter list

However, Secretary Whitley stands by effort to purge voter list

With his Senate confirmation in some serious doubt, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley is apologizing for the way his office handled the rollout of a list of alleged non-citizens registered to vote in this state.

Since his initial announcement trumpeted by President Donald Trump, Attorney General Ken Paxton, third party conservative enforcement groups, fundraising by the Republican Party of Texas, and others, it has been shown that many of the people on the list are indeed citizens. That, naturally, did not prevent President Trump from tweeting that tens of thousands of people have voted illegally in Texas.

Though he apologized for causing some confusion with his announcement, in a letter to lawmakers dated Wednesday Whitley said the voter list purge is the right initiative at this time and stands by his office’s plans to keep it going.

By Scott Braddock

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