Scott's appointment last year drew criticism from Democrats and election watchdogs, given...
Texas Secretary of State John Scott will resign at the end of the month, he announced Monday.
Scott was first appointed in October 2021, tasked with overseeing the state's elections amid growing GOP distrust in the system. He took office just days after the Republican-led Legislature passed a sweeping elections bill standardizing polling hours across the state, introducing new identification requirements for mail ballots and giving more power to partisan poll watchers.
The voting bill also required Scott to lead a forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election results. Now that the 2022 midterms are over, and the audit's findings are"soon to be released," Scott will return to the private sector at the start of the new year, he wrote in a resignation letter to Gov. Greg Abbott.
"I am proud to say that Texas has made tremendous progress in restoring faith in our elections over the past year, and that the Texas Secretary of State's office has developed a successful framework for analyzing and transparently reporting on election security through the forensic election audit process," he wrote.
Scott will leave state government just a month before the start of the 88th legislative session in Austin, in which the state Senate would have needed to confirm his appointment. Abbott's decision to tap Scott for the Secretary of State's Office last year drew criticism from Democrats and election watchdogs, since he had previously worked with former President Donald Trump as he attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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