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after seeing the texas GOP try and change the timestamp on sb5 last night its time to investigate prosecute and imprison those in teh GOP responsible
since they seem to be so concerned with vote fraud heres their chance to prosecute it....
we should demand prosecution of those involved. loudly and continuously until it happens.
we won last night but its just a first,tiny step in a long road.
we will have setbacks along teh way.
but we must remain strong and loud. last night showed what he the people united can do
its time to take back our government. for the people ,by the people and of the people.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)It would have to be the Senate itself that punishes that, so, no.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)and what about the clerk of the senate who actually changed th erecord...
dickthegrouch
(3,235 posts)It's up to the courts to decide, donchaknow?
Another post has quoted the law on changing government records.
I agree with the OP.
We need the Texas Sergeant at Arms to arrest and prosecute all those involved.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)Sec. 37.10. TAMPERING WITH GOVERNMENTAL RECORD. (a) A person commits an offense if he:
(1) knowingly makes a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governmental record;
(2) makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that it be taken as a genuine governmental record;
(3) intentionally destroys, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a governmental record;
(4) possesses, sells, or offers to sell a governmental record or a blank governmental record form with intent that it be used unlawfully;
(5) makes, presents, or uses a governmental record with knowledge of its falsity; or
(6) possesses, sells, or offers to sell a governmental record or a blank governmental record form with knowledge that it was obtained unlawfully.
(b) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a)(3) that the governmental record is destroyed pursuant to legal authorization or transferred under Section 441.204, Government Code. With regard to the destruction of a local government record, legal authorization includes compliance with the provisions of Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code.
(c)(1) Except as provided by Subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) and by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor's intent is to defraud or harm another, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
Gothmog
(147,611 posts)Dewhurst tried but there was a record that he could not dispute