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Related: About this forumPerry & Friends Caught Red Handed. Election Law Broken, Investigation Called For.
This will be fun to watch http://www.txdemocrats.org/press/breaking-perry-friends-caught-red-handed-election-law-broken-investigation-called-for
Austin, TX -- Last week, the Texas Tribune reported that Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have stumped for Ted Cruz for president, but there's no record he voted in this year's Republican primary in Texas. A spokesman for Perry suggested his ballot may have been lost in the mail. [Texas Tribune, March 29, 2016]
The Tribune goes on to state,Fayette County Elections Administrator Dina Bell confirmed by email on Tuesday that Perry requested a mail-in ballot for the March 1 Republican primary and one was given to him on Feb. 1.Bell recalled that Perry showed up in person to get it
Heres where it gets interesting: picking up a mail-in ballot in person is against the law. Isnt this the kind of potential voter fraud Gov. Perry and Republicans rail against? After all, you wouldnt want empty ballots just floating around.
Texas Election Code States: (a)The balloting materials for voting by mail shall be provided to the voter by mail. A ballot provided by any other method may not be counted .(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the balloting materials shall be addressed to the applicable address specified in the voters application. The election officer providing the ballot may not knowingly mail the materials to an address other than that prescribed by this section. [TEC § 86.003]
Texas Democratic Party Vote-by-Mail Program Director & former State Representative Glen Maxey issued the following statement calling for an investigation from the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Fayette County and District Attorney:
Anything less than a full and thorough investigation on this issue is confirmation that corruption has completely infected Texas government under one-party Republican rule.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)PDittie
(8,322 posts)As usual.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Sadly, the courts there are not inclined to be tuff on Perry.
ananda
(28,858 posts).. is like a rightwing rubber stampl
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)it's by a Republican. They're the ones who double vote.
Some years ago when I still lived in Kansas, some right wing Republican who ran for office hadn't even been registered to vote for some years at that point. Of course, I'm sure there are no rules or laws saying you must be registered to vote to be able to run for office, but still.
Javaman
(62,517 posts)he probably didn't pick it up "in person" because, he doesn't do "little people" things like wait in line or breath the same air as us.
he probably sent a flunky.
still against the law, and still makes him guilty as shit, but more than likely be never picked it up "in person".