Voter Purge Leader David Whitley Resigns

Embattled SoS calls it quits after discriminatory voter purge

"...lawsuits from voting rights groups, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley’s job was in serious jeopardy...."

May 27, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

David Whitley Back in Abbott’s Office With Promotion, Raise

Disgraced former secretary of state keeps failing upward

"...Speaking of which: Disgraced former Secretary of State David Whitley, fall guy for the ill-fated Great Texas Voter..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Congress Wants to Look at David Whitley's Books

Investigation to look into Texas' voter list fiasco

"...into Texas' voter list fiasco, asking Secretary of State David Whitley for documents about his claim that nearly 100,000..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

David Whitley Apologizes for "Confusion" Wrought by Voter Purge List

Three lawsuits later, Texas secretary of state basically says "whoops"

"...In a letter to lawmakers, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley – facing major blowback after inaccurately suggesting 95,000..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Senate Still Hasn’t Confirmed Texas Secretary of State David Whitley

Architect of recent “voter fraud” fiasco shifts blame to DPS

"...Texas Secretary of State David Whitley was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in December,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Whitley Sinks, Voting Rights Don't

Abbott's SoS nominee resigns as extreme voter suppression bill tanks

"...voting rights. In January, newly appointed Secretary of State David Whitley, a longtime aide to Abbott, initiated a statewide..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...music." So what the hell is Jesus Lizard singer David Yow doing fronting the Jazzus Lizard, an Austin quintet..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: “Show Us Your Papers”

The Whitley fiasco and the persistence of voter suppression

"...consider an online taste of Texas Secretary of State David Whitley's Feb. 7 testimony before the Senate Com­mittee on..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Texas Secretary of State Defends Voter Purge Fiasco

Whitley ducks blame during contentious confirmation hearing

"...he unleashed across the state, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley doubled down on his defense during a hearing..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Resident Named in Texas Voter Purge Debacle, Files Suit

"They basically accused me of committing fraud"

"...Austin resident Julieta Garibay learned Texas Secretary of State David Whitley had released an advisory that as many as..."

Feb. 5, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Senate Delivers First Blow to Paid Sick Leave

SB 15, the boy who cried "voter fraud!" advance, and other Lege news

"...Embattled Texas Secretary of State David Whitley has cleared the Senate Committee on Nominations via..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Lines: Texas GOP Tees up More Voter ID Nonsense

Secretary of State issues election advisory, ignites right-wing voter fraud frenzy

"...When newly appointed Texas Secretary of State David Whitley (until recently a top aide to Gov. Greg..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Joaquin Castro and Lloyd Doggett Demand Voter Purge Documents

If state leaders have "nothing to hide, why wouldn't they turn those documents over?"

"...Antonio, pressured Gov. Greg Abbott, former Secretary of State David Whitley, and Attorney General Ken Paxton to fork over..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Voter Purge Effort Ends

State agrees to legal settlement; on the hook for $450K

"...of three lawsuits against embattled Texas Secretary of State David Whitley's deeply flawed attempt at purging thousands of Texans..."

April 26, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: How to Suppress the Vote

With its latest lies, Texas GOP reminds us: This is all they’ve got

"...also proclaimed and praised with Texas Secretary of State David Whitley's release of data suggesting that 95,000 "non-citizens" may..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Election Ticker: From the Council Dais to Round Rock

Endorsements are rolling in for March 2020 Primary

"...Steve Adler, Travis County Judge Sarah Eck­hardt, County Attorney David Escamilla, and a host of others, electeds and otherwise...."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Lines: Do It for the Kids

House Dems lay out school finance plan

"...Democrats have vowed to oppose Texas Secretary of State David Whitley's confirmation, following the debacle he unleashed upon the..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Secretary of State Gets Schooled on Voting Rights

Meanwhile, a hefty TV ad targets voter suppression bill

"...Texas Secretary of State David Whitley – the frontman of Gov. Greg Abbott and..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Happy New Year?!?

Looking forward ... 2020 could go either way

"...end with the eviction of former Secretary of State David Whitley. The variously suppressive "voter ID" tools remain in..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...Witless Whitley: As of this week, at least three lawsuits have..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature

How Are We Going to Vote?

While the U.S. moves toward voting by mail, Texas digs in its heels

"...as did the career of then Sec. of State David Whitley, charged with its implementation. But it had already..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Former Austin Council Candidate Vexes Another Election

Dallas bond held up by Laura Pressley

"...The petition also cites former Texas Secretary of State David Whitley's debunked list of allegedly "illegal" voters as potentially..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...Ruggero Hughs as his new secretary of state, succeeding David Whitley, who failed to receive Senate confirmation after a..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature

Point Austin: On the Road to Sine Die

Almost adjourned, the Legislature's toll is still incomplete

"...whittle away voting rights and access. Call them the David "Walking Dead" Whitley bills – every time you think..."

May 24, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Ken Paxton Puts the Brakes on Federal Inquiry Into Debunked Voter Fraud Claims

A.G. tells Congress to wait in line

"...and Reform launched an inquiry into Secretary of State David Whitley's now-debunked claim that nearly 100,000 registered voters may..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...bungled "voter fraud" panic unleashed by Secretary of State David Whitley, along with the pro-border wall drumbeat taken up..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...Road Ends Here: Gov. Greg Abbott's Special Advisor David Whitley – you remember, the disgraced former Secretary of..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature

Headlines

"...more than 60 days since Texas Secretary of State David Whitley resigned in the wake of a voter purge..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature

Headlines

"...Abbott Hearts Whitley: Emails released by the League of United Latin American..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...Samantha Murphy (6:35) FRIDAY: Balmorhea (noon), Deer Tick (1), David Karsten Daniels (2), Tall Firs (3), Panther (4), Hey..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

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