Because we don’t have anything better to do

MySA.com: Metro | State
Still, the central question on the voter ID bill has to be: Is there rampant fraud that would be addressed by the legislation?
Bexar County’s First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg said he couldn’t recall the prosecution of a single voter impersonation case in the eight years he’s been there.
This is what bugs […]

Just because there’s not a law doesn’t make it right

80(R) HB 2035 - Introduced version - Bill Text
SECTION 2. Chapter 61, Election Code, is amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. DECEPTIVE ELECTION PRACTICES Sec. 61.061. DECEPTIVE ELECTION PRACTICES PROHIBITED. A person may not knowingly deceive another person regarding:
(1) the time, […]

Who does this?

Caller.com: Local News
Bogus flyers direct voters in heavily Democratic Precinct 73 to wrong voting place
By Jamie Powell/Caller-Times
November 7, 2006
Some residents in Voter Precinct 73 on the Westside found flyers on their doors or in their mailboxes Monday directing them to vote at Precinct 83, H-E-B Tennis Center instead of Fannin Elementary.
Who does this? I just […]

My election day experience

Yesterday, I was just too shell-shocked to post about this. I will talk a little bit about that in a while but right now–election day. I got to my polling place around 10:30. There were 6 machines and 4 workers, two behind desks, one in the line and one setting up machines. There was quite […]

Casting your vote

So what was your voting experience like? Mine was pretty positive. I pulled up to my precinct polling place at around 9:00 am and easily found a place to park. A poll worker was putting up signs in the parking lot to point to which entrance to go to.
Inside, there were two tables set up, […]

Voter Intimidation

Raids Widen ‘Immigrant’ Letter Probe - Los Angeles Times:
The investigation by California Department of Justice agents stems from a racially charged letter that Nguyen admits his office sent to about 14,000 registered voters in central Orange County. The letter, which warned “immigrants” they could be jailed or deported if they tried to vote, has spurred […]