Posted on 08/25/2010 6:37:47 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
HOUSTON - Harris County Voter Registrar Leo Vasquez announced Tuesday that Houston Votes - a local non-profit organization that recruits voters - turned in more than 5,000 fraudulent voter registration applications.
"The integrity of the voter role of Harris County Texas appears to be under an organized and systematic attack by the group operating under the name Houston Votes," Vasquez said.
Vasquez said some of the problems include multiple applications for the same person, applications for people already registered, incomplete applications, applications from non-U.S. citizens and several from people too young to vote.
"We have evidence indicating violation of the Texas Election Code, falsified documents being submitted to this office and possible violations of federal election laws," said Vasquez.
Houston Votes admits volunteers could have submitted some faulty applications. However, organizers said if any deficiencies occurred, they were not on purpose.
"If someone was signed up fraudulently, whoever did it was terminated," Houston Votes Director Sean Caddle said.
But Vazquez said the problems go right to the organization's top management.
"Volunteer Deputy Sean Caddle has submitted 23 incomplete [applications], 37 pre-existing voters, two underage and numerous duplicate applications," Vazquez said.
The allegations first came from True the Vote, a Houston voter watchdog group.
"[We are] just a concerned group of citizens," said Catherine Engelbrecht with True the Vote.
Voting investigators said there are thousands of fraudulent voter registrations floating around Harris County.
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They were talking about this on KLBJ this AM, and SGT Sam asked fatso Ed which party was normally associated with voter fraud. Ed could NOT bring himself to say democrat.
SGT Sam asked him if he had ever heard of any Republican ACORN type group, but Ed just said “Oh Sam, oh Sam”. Just think that Dana De bowwow is a dim and the clerk should be enough to give it more thought.
Ping.
ACORN reborn !
"It didn't cost me nothin'! I got a schweet refund, dude!"
Thanks for the ping. As you know, this has to be fought all over the country, all the time, but especially in the run-up to elections.
Those folks will be out buying big screens or drinking it away.
True the Vote (see link above), is doing FANTASTIC WORK. They have some great leaders, e.g., Catherine Engelbrecht, mentioned in the article. She should be in Congress.
There are a lot of great suggestions for improving the system on this thread, however, we are not going to get new laws through before November.
What Freepers need to do RIGHT NOW is VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON ELECTION DAY OR IN EARLY VOTING.
For example, there are openings for full time, paid positions in the Early Voting locations where much of the fraud is committed. We desperately need patriots to sign up for those jobs. How about taking some vacation to serve?
For those who have not seen my short booklet on vote fraud and how YOU can prevent it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991953/posts
Recent experience as an Election Judge:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378786/posts
Shocked..shocked..NOT
Keith Wade (Houston) has been involved in community and political organizing for 30 years in Houston and the African-American community, including running three congressional offices.
Ping your list -
Harris County (Houston) election technology center (voter machine storage) facility on fire- 3 alarm KHOU
Every voting machine in Harris County - Houston- burned.
http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2010/08/thousands-of-voter-registrations-from-houston-votes-called/1282697584.story voting technologies burn
WATCH LIVE: 3-alarm fire in NE Houston | khou.com | Houston News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather | KHOU Live Stream
http://www.khou.com/live-stream/WATCH-LIVE-11-News-at-Noon-99633634.html
Massive Warehouse Fire Breaks Out in Houston Entire stock of voting machines were inside.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2578516/posts
3-alarm fire destroys Harris County Election Services warehouse
Imagine that.
It probably won’t be possible to replace 10,000 voting machines this close to the election. A new, less secure process will have to be used.
TrueTheVote has their work cut out for them.
This was the post I was really talking about.
Just wow!
above should have read “thread” not “post”
All of Harris County’s voting machines destroyed in 3-alarm north Houston fire
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2578726/posts
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