Dan Patrick sends vote by mail applications but helped ban practice for election officials

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In a case of "do as I say, not as I do," Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) both sent unsolicited mail ballot applications to voters after supporting a Texas law that makes it a crime for election officials to do the same.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is sending vote by mail applications but helped ban the practice for elected officials.
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Dan Patrick sends vote by mail applications but helped ban practice for election officials
“The irony is that the state’s new voting laws have made voting by mail harder but candidates continue to encourage their partisans to vote this way.”
9:15 AM · Feb 3, 2022

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article257897938.html

A top Texas official who championed a bill making it a crime for public officials to send out unsolicited vote by mail applications is doing just that ahead of the March primary election.

An unsolicited letter that bears Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s official seal and includes an application to vote by mail was recently received by an Edgecliff Village resident. Senate Bill 1, an omnibus election law passed last year, prohibits election officials from sending applications to voters who didn’t request one, but allows candidates and political parties to send the forms.

Supporters of the bill have said it was needed to bolster election integrity, though opponents say the law creates barriers to the polls. There’s been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 general election.

"Everyone age 65 and older has earned the right to vote by mail,” the letter reads. “As Republicans, we have fought to make it easier to vote while protecting election integrity, so we need to make sure we increase our turnout by taking full advantage of this convenient and secure voting option.”

The letter later continues, “Democrats are bragging again that they are going to turn Texas blue, and I’m not about to let that happen!”

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[tanyev]

1. Yep, they only want them going out to their voters.

Effing fascists.