Texas Governor Names New Election Chief After John Scott Announces Resignation

Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott announced on Monday that he will step down from his role as the state’s chief elections officer at the end of the year, citing an intent to return to his private business.
“When I took office as Texas Secretary of State in October of last year, I did so with a singular goal and mission in mind: to help restore Texas voters’ confidence in the security of our state’s elections,” Scott wrote in a resignation letter (pdf) to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
In a statement on Tuesday, Abbott announced that he accepted Scott’s resignation and has nominated retiring Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican, to be the state’s 115th secretary of state….}