Abbott defends raid on Houston voter registration group
Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday that his office’s investigation of a Houston voter registration group that netted no prosecutions but left the organization in tatters was justified.
The 2010 investigation, which included an aggressive raid, targeted a group called Houston Votes, which was accused of voter fraud.
“We have a division that focuses on issues like this, and they operate very professional,” he said. “They undertook an investigation of allegations that were made.”
Abbott, the Republican nominee for governor, unveiled the final piece of his education proposals at the University of Texas at Dallas on Tuesday. Afterward, he told The Dallas Morning News that allegations of wrongdoing by the group started with the Harris County tax assessor-collector’s office, were given to the secretary of state and were forwarded to his office.
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