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Takeaways from day 2 of hearing in TX voter citizenship review lawsuit: SOS elections director Keith Ingram said “miscommunication” was to blame for erroneously flagging 20K+ voters. They ignored citizenship flag in data because they wrongly thought it was self-reported. #txlege
Ingram also said 43 people on original list asked to be removed from voter rolls because they were not citizens. Unclear how many of them indicated they weren't citizens when they submitted voter reg applications & were mistakenly added as some counties have admitted happens.
Like asst AG yesterday, Ingram also said counties were to blame for foul-up. “Some counties rushed and sent notices of examination that they probably shouldn’t have sent,” Ingram said, claiming locals didn’t follow training. From yesterday’s hearing: texastribune.org/2019/02/19/sta…
Plaintiffs' lawyers have been unable to serve Betsy Schonhoff, who abruptly resigned on 2/6 after overseeing review effort, w/subpoena — she's been “evading service” for 5 days. Judge Biery says he wants to hear from her & knows US marshals "who are very good at finding people."
Hearing ended in the middle of cross-examination with Ingram on the stand. Judge leaves open the possibility of being back Friday or next week — waiting on Galveston judge to decide whether to transfer case to San Antonio instead of holding his own hearing on Friday in that case.
