Posted on 06/16/2006 4:19:09 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Thursday in Corpus Christi that his office has indicted a Robstown woman on felony charges in connection with voter fraud.
Maria Dora Flores, 65, of Robstown was arrested on two counts of felony voting fraud and taken to the Nueces County Jail by investigators with the attorney general's office. Abbott said this was his office's first felony charge in connection with voting fraud and follows nearly a dozen misdemeanor indictments in the state since last summer.
"The difference in her case is she actually cast a ballot for someone else," said Angela Hale, spokeswoman for the attorney general's office. "A lot of the mail-in violations are misdemeanors under the law."
The indictment alleges Flores escorted voters into polling sites and illegally marked ballots without their consent in this year's Democratic primary election.
Abbott would not comment on the details of how his office was alerted to the possible voter fraud because the case is still under investigation.
"Those who perpetrate voter fraud are victimizing and intimidating the elderly," Abbott said in a written statement. "This violates the law and is simply another form of elder abuse."
If convicted, Flores could face up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $10,000.
Flores remained in the Nueces County Jail on a bond of $3,500 late Thursday.
Officials with the attorney general's office said referrals of voting fraud have increased by 1,000 percent in the state since 2003.
The Texas Secretary of State's office investigated allegations in Duval County after some residents complained of mail ballot fraud during that same election. The county reported a 55 percent voter turnout in local races, making it five times higher than the state average.
Last year, a 53-year-old Beeville woman was indicted on a misdemeanor charge of illegal voting after the Bee County voter registrar alleged she filled out a ballot in her dead mother's name for the 2004 November election.
Contact Mary Ann Cavazos
at 886-3623
This is obviously a misquote. Everyone knows that the left is nothing but a big ball of compassion, love, and tolerance. They are only "helping" the elderly like this because they know what's best for them.
Wait a minute....If they get serious about voter fraud, don't we risk losing our fine democrat politicians?
Wait a minute....If they get serious about voter fraud, don't we risk losing our fine democrat politicians?
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That Box 13 was in Jim Wells County.
LOL!
In South Texas, this is normal and is called a 'get out the vote' drive by Democrat operatives.
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You don't need papers to vote in South Texas and along the Rio Grande either....
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