‘Technical’ problems in Texas….
Tens of thousands voting applications NOT Processed?
Trump claims of voter ‘fraud’ in Nevada evaporates upon investigation….
Texas….
A Texas system error left tens of thousands of voter registration applications unprocessed for months, forcing county election officials to race to process the large backlogs weeks out from the midterm elections.
The Texas secretary of state’s office alerted election officials to the issue last week involving a problem with the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) system. When certain applications were missing information, they were not sent to county officials responsible for processing registrations.
The delayed records began reaching local election offices Tuesday. News outlet Votebeat was first to report the issue.
The size of the backlog varies by county. Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, received more than 45,000 records, while Travis County, anchored by the city of Austin, received more than 35,000. The statewide total has not yet been disclosed….
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The problem comes shortly before the Oct. 5 deadline for Texans to register for the Nov. 3 elections. Early voting begins Oct. 19….
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In a statement to NBC News, Talarico slammed the state over the “unacceptable” system error and encouraged voters to confirm that their registration is valid…..
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Nevada….
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
“As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens,” Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests. “You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise.”
Mr. Ott also stated that D.H.S. officials had still not provided enough data for election officials to investigate their claims. Nor have they turned over the list of nearly 16,000 individuals they claim may be noncitizens.
“Our records do not support DHS’s claims, and DHS has still not provided evidence to change that,” Francisco Aguilar, the Democratic secretary of state in Nevada, said in a statement. “Instead, DHS officials continue their attempts to intimidate election officials into compliance and deter voters with huge claims of fraud with no evidence. Repeating unsupported claims does not make them true.
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in a broad campaign to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting in American elections, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare….
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