The Latest Breaking News from John Scott

SI:AM | Kyrie Got His Wish

But will the pairing with Luka Dončić be a successful one?

Sports Illustrated · Feb 6, 2023

Report: Tyler Huntley Voted as Fourth Pro Bowl Alternate QB

Football may get its unlikely All-Star answer to John Scott and Andrew Wiggins.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 24, 2022

Rejections of Texans’ mail ballots decline markedly from big surge in March primary

AUSTIN, Texas — County election administrators and their state counterparts are celebrating how they reduced last winter’s towering rejection rate for mail ballots by 78% in last month’s midterm election.

Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022

John Scott, Texas’ top elections official, to step down at end of year

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Scott as secretary of state in October 2021, and he served in an interim capacity pending Senate confirmation. He is stepping down right before the legislative session, in which his appointment would have come up for debate.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 5, 2022

How Texas counts ballots and keeps elections secure

From election equipment to ballot counting and storage, Texas elections officials follow a long list of laws and procedures to ensure free and fair elections.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 4, 2022

Texas Secretary of State John Scott says our elections are secure, but he sometimes muddles that message

Heading into the midterm elections, Scott has repeatedly insisted that Joe Biden is the rightful president and that Texas’ elections are free, fair and secure. But his delivery has been at times ambiguous and given oxygen to election misinformation.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 1, 2022

Gov. Abbott taps a Dallas Secret Service agent to head Texas school security efforts

DALLAS — Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a Dallas-area U.S. Secret Service agent to oversee Texas’ school safety efforts.

Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022

Bipartisan mayors voice criticism of new voting restrictions

A bipartisan group of mayors say that whatever political differences they might have, they are united in fighting against recent voting restrictions enacted in some Republican-controlled states that they view as an attack on democracy

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

US Rep. Pete Sessions pressured Texas secretary of state to investigate Dallas elections

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Dallas Congressman Pete Sessions pressured the Texas secretary of state and attorney general’s offices to investigate Dallas County over the 2020 election, according to documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

Election officials face violent threats

Trump-inspired wave of threats against election officials raises midterm tensions as some workers simply quit

Salon · Sep 9, 2022