So now claims have to be proven untrue first by others, rather than the people who make the claim having to prove it true. So according to your logic, Kavanaugh was required to prove the claims untrue then.
Yeah, about that... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/26/texas-agrees-stop-effort-purge-voter-rolls/ Texas agrees to stop effort to purge voter rolls Texas state officials have agreed to stop efforts to investigate and purge tens of thousands of supposed noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls, part of a settlement reached Friday with numerous civil rights groups. In January, Texas’s acting secretary of state David Whitley claimed state officials had identified nearly 100,000 people on their voter rolls as possible non-U.S. citizens. Whitley’s office subsequently provided lists of those voters to county election officials and directed them to “review” them for potential removal. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, along with several other civil rights groups, filed a lawsuit against Whitley and other state elections officials, claiming that officials were aware the lists included naturalized citizens who were eligible to vote. In February, a federal judge blocked the state’s efforts to remove people from its voter rolls, calling them “ham-handed” and “threatening.” On Friday, the state agreed to rescind its efforts to investigate and remove any voters on those lists. Texas officials also agreed to a new process for maintaining its voter rolls, according to a copy of the settlement agreement. The state will also be responsible for covering $450,000 in legal fees related to the lawsuit. “After months of litigation, the state has finally agreed to do what we’ve demanded from the start — a complete withdrawal of the flawed and discriminatory voter purge list, bringing this failed experiment in voter suppression to an end,” Andre Segura, legal director for the ACLU of Texas, said in a statement. “The right to vote is sacrosanct, and no eligible voter should have to worry about losing that right." Segura said the group would continue to monitor “any future voter purge attempt” by the state. In a statement about the settlement, Whitley said it had been a “collaborative” process and vowed to protect voting rights of eligible Texans in the future. “It is of paramount importance that Texas voters can have confidence in the integrity, accuracy and efficiency of the electoral system in which they participate,” he said. “Today’s agreement accomplishes our office’s goal of maintaining an accurate list of qualified registered voters while eliminating the impact of any list maintenance activity on naturalized U.S. citizens.” Texas is just one of many states that has tried to show significant numbers of noncitizens are registered to vote, as The Washington Post’s Amy Gardner reported in February: In North Carolina, legislative leaders said in 2014 that more than 10,000 suspected noncitizens were registered to vote, but state election officials found that number was vastly overstated and determined that only 11 noncitizens voted that fall. In Florida in 2012, a list of 180,000 possible noncitizens ultimately led to the removal of 85 voters from the rolls. Similar claims have been made in Colorado, Indiana and Kansas. Those touting the large numbers, almost all Republicans, say the hunt for evidence of voter fraud is necessary to protect the integrity of elections. But the pattern of overblown proclamations also shows the data is easily misinterpreted — prompting voting rights activists to accuse Republicans of using the numbers to discourage eligible voters to cast ballots. Texas Democrats attacked the attempted voter purge as “flawed, illegal and racist” and called on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to withdraw Whitley’s nomination for secretary of state. “The work here is not done. We must remain vigilant,” Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in a statement after the settlement. “The Texas Senate deserves the opportunity to vet a new secretary of state.” https://www.statesman.com/news/20190426/texas-agrees-to-end-voter-citizenship-investigation Texas agrees to end voter citizenship investigation Texas Secretary of State David Whitley has agreed to halt an investigation into the citizenship status of registered voters in a settlement agreement that will end three lawsuits filed by civil rights groups and naturalized citizens. Under the settlement announced Friday, Whitley will rescind a Jan. 25 advisory that questioned the citizenship status of almost 100,000 registered voters but was determined to be based on flawed data that implicated a significant number of naturalized U.S. citizens who were legally eligible to vote. Whitley also will tell county election officials to take no further action on checking the citizenship of voters identified as suspect by his agency. That work had been previously halted by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery in response to the lawsuits. In the future, the secretary of state’s office will check citizenship using a process that is more limited in scope, as outlined in the settlement. “After months of litigation, the state has finally agreed to do what we’ve demanded from the start — a complete withdrawal of the flawed and discriminatory voter purge list, bringing this failed experiment in voter suppression to an end,” said Andre Segura, legal director for the ACLU of Texas, one of the groups that filed suit. The state also agreed to pay $450,000 to the plaintiffs to cover legal costs and fees. In addition, any voter who was notified that their citizenship status was in question based on the secretary of state’s data will be sent a follow-up letter saying that they “are still registered to vote and that their voter registration status is no longer in question,” the settlement agreement said. Whitley made national news when he announced in January that data provided by the Department of Public Safety identified more than 95,000 registered voters who were apparently noncitizens, including 58,000 who had voted at least once in the previous 22 years. He forwarded the list to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for investigation, and possible prosecution, of illegal registration and voting. Counties, which are in charge of voter registration, also were sent lists of residents identified as suspect voters and ordered to verify their citizenship. Whitley’s advisory assured county officials that the list was carefully compiled to exclude eligible voters, adding that “we believe the data we are providing can be acted on in nearly all circumstances.” County officials, however, quickly discovered flaws in the data, and about 25,000 names on the list were eventually identified as naturalized citizens before the investigations were halted. Faced with evidence of a flawed list, Biery issued an order in late February blocking Texas counties from sending letters demanding that voters provide proof within 30 days that they are U.S. citizens. “Perfectly legal naturalized Americans were burdened with what the court finds to be ham-handed and threatening correspondence from the state which did not politely ask for information but rather exemplifies the power of government to strike fear and anxiety and to intimidate the least powerful among us,” Biery wrote. “No native-born Americans were subjected to such treatment,” he added. A major problem with the data was caused by outdated records provided by the DPS. The DPS compiled a list of more than 2 million people who said they were noncitizens, but were in the country legally, when they applied for a driver’s license or state identification card. Whitley’s office compared those names with the state’s voter roll to identify suspect voters. A license or ID card, however, is typically valid for six years. Because there is no requirement to immediately inform the DPS of a change of citizenship status, the agency’s list included people who had become naturalized citizens but had not yet renewed their license. Under the settlement, the secretary of state’s office will flag only those who registered to vote before applying for a driver’s license as a legally present noncitizen. The DPS also will provide daily updates of names of noncitizens who renew their license as a naturalized citizen. The agreement also specifies that additional lawsuits can be filed if new problems are discovered. “We’ll be watching to see what happens, whether there are further glitches nobody has discovered to this point,” Austin lawyer Renea Hicks said. “This (settlement) just ends this lawsuit."
Now, if we can only immediately, deport any illegals caught voting in our elections, we can settle this and the liberal troll snowflakes can cry their eyes out! Would be nice if ICE can park buses outside polling places and voters IDs checked? If we can only do that, 98% of voter fraud would end! Democrats would be losing tens of millions of votes from New York, California, etc. Voting rolls should be checked and the dead and illegals purged from the list!
oh look, it was all BS and heads are starting to roll: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ne...y-of-State-David-Whitley-resigns-13899405.php Texas Secretary of State David Whitley resigns Embattled Secretary of State David Whitley — whose office wrongly challenged the citizenship of thousands of Texas voters — resigned Monday. In his resignation letter, Whitley made no mention of the botched voter purge, which ultimately led all 12 senate Democrats to block his confirmation through the legislative session. “Working alongside the employees in the secretary of state’s office, county election officials, and representatives of our #1 trading partner, Mexico, has been my distinct honor and privilege,” Whitley wrote to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who nominated him to the job in December. “And to have your trust in doing so goes beyond what I ever dreamed of as a kid growing up in a small South Texas community.” Neither Abbott nor Whitley responded to a request for comment. Abbott now must name a replacement, who likely won’t face confirmation hearings at the Legislature until after the 2020 election. It’s not clear who that will be. Though the state ended the voter purge in April under terms of a settlement agreement with civil rights groups that sued, the next secretary of state can continue efforts to identify and remove non citizens from the voter rolls.But first, the office must revise its screening criteria to ensure that the results are more accurate next time. The announcement that nearly 100,000 suspected noncitizen voters had been found was seized upon by President Donald Trump and other top Republicans as evidence of voter fraud. But within days, county election officials found thousands of citizens were erroneously included.