Harris County Voter Registrar Leo Vasquez said his office has “fully and completely processed” voter registration applications and has not made public any information the law deems confidential.
Vasquez issued the statement in response to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Texas Democratic Party, which followed Vasquez’ last month calling into question voter applications submitted by the group Houston Votes. The suit says that Vasquez has violated voter registration laws and voter privacy and shown political favoritism.
“No third party group has been granted access to any confidential information of any voter outside of legal open records requests available to any citizen,” Vasquez said, dismissing the party's allegations. “We continue to zealously guard voter data.”
Vasquez, a Republican lame duck, says a voter registration drive spearheaded by Houston Votes has been marred by thousands of faulty registrations, including instances of multiple registrations submitted for single voters. Houston Votes is the get-out-the-vote arm of the liberal-leaning Texans Together Education Fund.
The voter registrar’s announcement was based in part on research by a local tea party group, the King Street Patriots.
“No third party group has been granted access to any confidential information of any voter outside of legal open records requests available to any citizen,” Vasquez said, dismissing the party's allegations. “We continue to zealously guard voter data.”
Vasquez, a Republican lame duck, says a voter registration drive spearheaded by Houston Votes has been marred by thousands of faulty registrations, including instances of multiple registrations submitted for single voters. Houston Votes is the get-out-the-vote arm of the liberal-leaning Texans Together Education Fund.
The voter registrar’s announcement was based in part on research by a local tea party group, the King Street Patriots.
Contact Lee Ann O'Neal at 713-980-9777 or leeann@texaswatchdog.org.
Photo of an 'I voted' sticker by flickr user programwitch, used via a Creative Commons license.
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