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Political Factoid
Texas Secretary of State David Whitley
announced that tens of thousands of
noncitizens were on the state's voter
rolls and had cast a ballot.
This claim was debunked within days
-- the secretary's list failed to account
for the fact that a large number of people
become naturalized citizens and then
lawfully register to vote.
A federal court intervened to stop
voter purges premised on this
discredited claim.
And Secretary Whitley ultimately resigned.*
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David Whitley was a Republican operative who asked
to be appointed Secretary of State by the Republican
Texas govenor.
Some people think Whitley should have been HD&Q (hung,
drawn, and quartered) -- or at least tarred and feathered.
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