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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsACLU of Texas Finds Discrepancies with Texas Attorney General's Claims on Voting Prosecutions
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Cameron Langford
@cam_langford
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Mar 23, 2021
New from @ACLUTx: It says a rep. of AG @KenPaxtonTX's office misstated in a recent legislative hearing there were more than 500 pending voter fraud cases in the state.
It says it had received data showing that, as of Feb. 12, 2021, there were only 43 pending prosecutions.
Cameron Langford
@cam_langford
ACLU of Texas Finds Discrepancies with Texas Attorney Generals
HOUSTON During a House Elections Committee hearing on March 4, 2021, a representative from Attorney General Ken Paxtons office repeatedly claimed that there were 500 pending cases targeting people
aclutx.org
1:15 PM · Mar 23, 2021
Cameron Langford
@cam_langford
·
Mar 23, 2021
New from @ACLUTx: It says a rep. of AG @KenPaxtonTX's office misstated in a recent legislative hearing there were more than 500 pending voter fraud cases in the state.
It says it had received data showing that, as of Feb. 12, 2021, there were only 43 pending prosecutions.
Cameron Langford
@cam_langford
ACLU of Texas Finds Discrepancies with Texas Attorney Generals
HOUSTON During a House Elections Committee hearing on March 4, 2021, a representative from Attorney General Ken Paxtons office repeatedly claimed that there were 500 pending cases targeting people
aclutx.org
1:15 PM · Mar 23, 2021
https://www.aclutx.org/en/press-releases/aclu-texas-finds-discrepancies-texas-attorney-generals-claims-voting-prosecutions
HOUSTON During a House Elections Committee hearing on March 4, 2021, a representative from Attorney General Ken Paxtons office repeatedly claimed that there were 500 pending cases targeting people who had committed voting offenses.
However, this claim is not consistent with the attorney generals own internal data. Through public information requests to the attorney generals office, the ACLU of Texas has attained data showing that, as of February 12, 2021, there were only 43 pending prosecutions. These prosecutions consist only of unproven allegations and represent a tiny fraction of ballots cast in the relevant time period.
The following quote can be attributed to Tommy Buser-Clancy, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Texas:
The attorney general owes both the House Election Committee and the public a forthright explanation for the extreme discrepancy between its testimony and its own records concerning pending prosecutions. Purposeful or not, the inflation of the number of cases is especially disturbing as it appears to be aimed at laying the groundwork to further criminalize voting in Texas, like in House Bill 6. The vast majority of Texans want measures that make voting easier.
The state does not need more criminal penalties and restrictions, nor should those restrictions be buttressed by unsubstantiated numbers.
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ACLU of Texas Finds Discrepancies with Texas Attorney General's Claims on Voting Prosecutions (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2021
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Trueblue1968
(17,217 posts)1. texas GOPig officials are liars
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)2. and how many of those 43 are for GQPthulicans??...my guess is 43. /nt
herding cats
(19,564 posts)3. This is why I donate to the ACLU of Texas.
Excellent work.