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Michael Barajas

@michaelsbarajas

Schonhoff now on the stand. Says she worked on Rick Perry's campaign before she joined

in 2012. Says she resigned from SOS office for “personal reasons not related to this case"

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Michael Barajas

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Of particular note: Betsy Schonhoff, the @TXsecofstate staffer in charge of the citizenship-review effort, is slated to testify today. She abruptly resigned w/out explanation after the clumsy purge and claims of widespread voter fraud started to collapse dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol

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Michael Barajas

@michaelsbarajas

What's striking abt Schonhoff's testimony, and tbh that of virtually every other state worker testifying in court or at #txlege on this, is how

hardly even considered what impact this process could have on naturalized citizens who find themselves targeted by it..

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Michael Barajas

@michaelsbarajas

Testimony ends w Caldwell Co elections admin insisting she had no other option than to send letters challenging the citizenship of ppl flagged on SOS’ suspect-voter list. Says the sos advisory and convos she had w sos staff only underscored that

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Michael Barajas

@michaelsbarajas

Sounds like there’s gonna be some agreed order that counties won’t start throwing anyone off the voter rolls while this shakes out. Strictly speaking that will only apply to the dozen or so named in the lawsuit, but plaintiffs def hope it makes other counties pump the breaks

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Michael Barajas

@michaelsbarajas

BIG update: Judge Biery just ordered

to "advise and direct" counties not to cancel voter registrations for ppl caught in the state's flawed voter purge. Biery hasn't yet ruled on a preliminary injunction, but his tone does seem pretty telling texascivilrightsproject.org/wp-content/upl

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Michael Barajas

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lol Judge Biery tells

David Whitely, whose confirmation at #txlege seems all but doomed at this point, to clean up the mess he created

8:35 PM · Feb 27, 2019

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doubling down on the state's ham-fisted voter purge. While Judge Biery's ruling today prevents counties from throwing ppl off the voter rolls who were targeted by an admittedly flawed process, KPax calls it a "federal court takeover of state activities"

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