Posted on 11/24/2004 1:13:06 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Talmadge Heflin Has Uncovered Widespread Illegal Voting, Including 32 Double Votes, in H.D.149
State Representative Talmadge Heflin will announce today at a 1pm press conference that he has “clear and convincing evidence” of “widespread illegal voting” in the race for State House District 149.
“What we found in our initial examination of the voting was shocking,” said Heflin. “You hear tales of such things in politics but hardly believe they could be true.
“We saw that more than 100 people came in from other counties and voted in District 149 and even were brazen enough to write down their actual address in official voting records. Voters admitted their home addresses were in places as far away as Denton County - 300 miles away,” said Heflin.
83% of the fraudulent out-of-county votes came from precincts won by Heflin opponent Hubert Vo.
Additionally, the Heflin campaign has thus far uncovered 32 voters who are shown to have voted twice in the election - once either by mail or via in person early voting, and then again in person on Election Day.
At the end of the initial count, Heflin trailed Vo by exactly 32 votes.
Andy Taylor, attorney for Representative Heflin, said “The evidence is disturbing but rock solid. It is rare to see so many voters vote illegally and then literally sign their name to it. They seemed to have no fear that what they were doing would be uncovered.”
Heflin has officially requested a full recount, and will push to have illegal voters removed from the count. Some of the problems may only be able to be remedied by an election contest.
Heflin filed papers to initiate said election contest today.
Exactly, and don't forget the bold banner headline along the lines of: "Republican implicated in vote fraud".
I don't know about these 100 people. Sounds like they registered to vote with an out of county address. I think military and college students can do that.
I don't know about these 100 people. Sounds like they registered to vote with an out of county address. I think military and college students can do that.
Go get some coffee!
OK.
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