Reply #11: New story from Van Zandt County

[gmoses]

This just in via email from the Dem. Chair of Van Zandt County :

The GOP election judges there were essentially doing everything they could to prevent African Americans from voting. Two judges and I nearly got in a fight, I called one a racist, and it was very ugly.

Among other things, they accused an African-American woman of fabricating a driver's license. Her maiden name was on the license, but her married name in the poll book. Address, middle name, all else, were the same. Refusing to call the County Clerk as prescribed by law, they tried to force her to vote a provisional ballot. I argued with them for over 20 minutes, during which time the entire line was held up. The woman was finally allowed to vote an actual ballot, but after tremendous problems.

http://www.texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=145