/tags/david-whitley David Whitley en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:11:37 GMT /texas/2019-07-29/abbott-is-required-to-appoint-a-secretary-of-state-without-delay-its-been-63-days-without-one Just as they do every year, hundreds of county officials from all over Texas are packing a hotel ballroom in Austin this week for three days of all things� Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:11:37 GMT /texas/2019-07-29/abbott-is-required-to-appoint-a-secretary-of-state-without-delay-its-been-63-days-without-one Alexa Ura /politics/2019-05-27/embattled-secretary-of-state-david-whitley-resigns-as-texas-legislative-session-ends Texas Secretary of State David Whitley, who was behind the botched effort to remove alleged noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls, reportedly resigned� Mon, 27 May 2019 21:47:03 GMT /politics/2019-05-27/embattled-secretary-of-state-david-whitley-resigns-as-texas-legislative-session-ends Ashley Lopez /texas/2019-03-28/u-s-house-committee-investigating-texas-voter-roll-review The U.S. House’s main investigative committee has opened an inquiry into the Texas secretary of state’s review of the voter rolls for supposed� Thu, 28 Mar 2019 18:54:02 GMT /texas/2019-03-28/u-s-house-committee-investigating-texas-voter-roll-review Alexa Ura /politics/2019-02-28/senate-panel-votes-to-confirm-texas-secretary-of-state-after-scolding-from-federal-judge The day after a federal judge in San Antonio criticized Texas Secretary of State David Whitley’s effort to remove alleged noncitizens from voter rolls, a� Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:17:29 GMT /politics/2019-02-28/senate-panel-votes-to-confirm-texas-secretary-of-state-after-scolding-from-federal-judge Ashley Lopez /politics/2019-02-27/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-texas-from-purging-voters-in-citizenship-review In a major victory for voting rights groups, a federal judge has ordered that no Texas county should purge suspected noncitizen voters from the rolls or� Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:17:21 GMT /politics/2019-02-27/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-texas-from-purging-voters-in-citizenship-review Emma Platoff | Texas Tribune /texas/2019-02-25/federal-judge-directs-more-counties-to-halt-voter-citizenship-review-efforts-as-lawsuits-proceed SAN ANTONIO � As part of an ongoing flurry of litigation in federal court here over the state’s bungled citizenship review of its voter rolls, a federal� Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:03:09 GMT /texas/2019-02-25/federal-judge-directs-more-counties-to-halt-voter-citizenship-review-efforts-as-lawsuits-proceed Emma Platoff | Texas Tribune /politics/2019-02-25/gop-bills-would-force-registrars-to-remove-people-flagged-as-potential-noncitizens-from-voter-rolls As the nomination of Texas Secretary of State David Whitley faces tough prospects in the Senate, two Republican senators filed bills raising the stakes� Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:01:00 GMT /politics/2019-02-25/gop-bills-would-force-registrars-to-remove-people-flagged-as-potential-noncitizens-from-voter-rolls Ashley Lopez /politics/2019-02-22/all-12-senate-democrats-oppose-texas-secretary-of-state-whitley-enough-to-block-nomination All 12 Democrats in the Texas Senate have publicly confirmed they are opposed to confirming embattled Secretary of State David Whitley, giving them more� Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:44:43 GMT /politics/2019-02-22/all-12-senate-democrats-oppose-texas-secretary-of-state-whitley-enough-to-block-nomination Alexa Ura, Emma Platoff | Texas Tribune /politics/2019-02-21/opposition-imperils-david-whitleys-nomination-as-texas-secretary-of-state For the second time, the Senate Nominations Committee met this week to approve the governor’s appointees � and for the second time, the� Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:50:32 GMT /politics/2019-02-21/opposition-imperils-david-whitleys-nomination-as-texas-secretary-of-state Alexa Ura, Emma Platoff | Texas Tribune /texas/2019-02-14/texas-secretary-of-state-apologizes-for-voter-citizen-review-rollout-but-still-supports-the-effort Facing an uncertain path to confirmation after ordering a deeply flawed voter citizenship review that seemingly focused on naturalized citizens, Texas� Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:27:56 GMT /texas/2019-02-14/texas-secretary-of-state-apologizes-for-voter-citizen-review-rollout-but-still-supports-the-effort Alexa Ura