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Texas GOP Senator Questions Hiring Former Election Chief Who Owes IRS More Than $100,000

Texas GOP Senator Questions Hiring Former Election Chief Who Owes IRS More Than $100,000
Voters in cars line up at a drive-through mail ballot drop-off site at NRG Stadium on Oct. 7, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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A former Washington and Georgia election official who has just begun a new job running elections in Texas’s most populous city owes the IRS some $100,000 in taxes and has garnered criticism for past election problems on his watch.

After a five-person committee made a final vote on Aug. 16 to give him the job, Clifford Tatum started as Harris County elections administrator on Aug. 24.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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