Posted on 09/24/2012 10:16:34 AM PDT by John Semmens
State District Judge Tim Sulak issued an order to Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade to cease and desist in her offices efforts to remove deceased voters from the rolls.
In his ruling, Sulak said that the Secretary has failed to demonstrate sufficient grounds for excluding these voters. Just because a person is deceased does not mean that person has no interest in the elections outcome. Has a deceased parent no concern for the well-being of his children? Of course he does. To arbitrarily deny this interest is discriminatory and, therefore, illegal.
The Judge rejected the Secretarys argument that it is impossible to know how a deceased person would vote saying that friends and relatives acquainted with the views the person expressed while alive may serve as good proxies for casting votes on behalf of the deceased.
State officials sent notices to the last known addresses of 80,000 voters who the Social Security Administration (SSA) says had died. Those failing to reply with proof they are alive were to be stricken from the rolls.
However, Sulak discounted the SSA as an unreliable source. Every year this agency pays out billions of dollars on bogus claims. And thats not counting the billions legitimately paid to those whove disabled themselves through drug addiction. Using anything from this agency as a basis for any action is highly suspect.
In related news, a statistical analysis of Ohios voting rolls indicates that at least 20% of the registrations appear to be phony. In two counties the number of people registered to vote exceeds the voting age population. The national average is for 70% of the voting age population to be registered to vote. Nevertheless, US Attorney General Eric Holder insists that vote fraud is not a serious problem and warned the Ohio Secretary of State to refrain from taking any action that may be construed as an attempt to reduce voter turnout.
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Priceless. I am sure there is a judge somewhere willing to do it. LOL
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is proceeding to move this into Federal Court.
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State District Judge Tim Sulak issued the temporary restraining order late Wednesday and directed all sides to find an acceptable hearing date within two weeks to determine if the order should be made permanent.
On Thursday, however, lawyers for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott told Sulak that they intend to move the case into federal court, where a three-judge panel would determine how the lawsuit proceeds. Barring an order from that panel, Sulak’s restraining order would remain in place, lawyers said.
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That is the one true beauty of death... perpetual indifference. Now we have lost even that small solace. : )
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