Scott's responsibilities include running the review and overseeing Texas elections. There has been no credible evidence of widespread voter fraud in the election. Trump sent Abbott a letter last month urging him to review the 2020 presidential election in Texas - where Trump won by more than 5 percentage points - telling him he's heard 'Texans want an election audit!' Abbott ordered a review of four of the most populous counties in the state - Dallas and Harris counties, which are reliably Democratic, and Tarrant and Collin, which have been moving away from the GOP, The New York Times reports.
The secretary of state position must be confirmed by the State Senate, but since lawmakers won't be in regular session again until 2023, Scott will be able to serve in the interim. Greg Abbott (R) the two worked together when Abbott was state attorney general. Texas' new secretary of state is John Scott, a lawyer who briefly represented former President Donald Trump during a failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania.
