The Republicans in the state Senate of Texas passed a voter integrity bill by an 18 to 11 vote. The Democrats in the House then fled to Washington, DC in order to prevent a quorum. Eventually, they returned to the inevitable and the bills were passed with ease.
On Thursday, the Texas Secretary of State announced that 4 Texas counties, including the two largest Democratic counties in the state, will undergo a complete forensic audit. Naturally, the Democrats oppose it. They insist the election was on the level, so why would they oppose an audit? The legislature is expected to vote for the funds in order to conduct the audits.
CBS Local reported:
The Texas Secretary of State has announced on Thursday, September 23 it will conduct a full and comprehensive forensic audit of any election and has already begun the process in Texas’ two largest Democrat counties and two largest Republican counties—Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Collin—for the 2020 election.
In a statement sent to CBS 11, it said in part: Under existing Texas laws, the Secretary of State has the authority to conduct a full and comprehensive forensic audit. We anticipate the Legislature will provide funds for this purpose.
Earlier in an open letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Former President Donald Trump has backed House Bill 16(PDF) that calls for a “review of the results of the 2020 general election.”
“Bills to audit elections in your great state’s House and Senate were considered during Texas’ Second Special Session. Instead, the legislature passed a watered-down amendment that doesn’t even apply to the 2020 Presidential Election,” said President Trump. “This short amendment doesn’t answer the questions Texans have about the last election. Texans demand a real audit to completely address their concerns.”
Seth Keshel investigated the fraud in Texas earlier this year. He claims that there were 675,000 illegal votes cast in the state that would have increased Trump’s margin of victory in the state.
The Texas heat map:
Red – Rampant Fraud
Yellow – Likely/Suspect Fraud
Green – Clean/Low Fraud
The results were examined by Dr. David Clements and Seth Keshel and on Wednesday the two experts took a look at the election results and came up with a prescription for what the state needed to look at. They estimate there were 675,000 illegal votes. Those areas are the ones that will be audited. If true, it could change the results in the local races as well as the presidential ones.
