Posted on 10/27/2012 5:32:58 AM PDT by markomalley
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has warned a group of UN-affiliated “international election observers” that they could be subject to criminal prosecution if they breach state laws by being within 100 feet of polling place entrances.
The US State Department issued a warning as well. No, not to the election observers — to Texas:
International election observers planning to visit Texas polling places have “full immunity” from being arrested in the United States, the State Department said when discussing a letter from the Texas Attorney General.
“I’m not going to get into any kind of hypothetical situations or predict where this is going to go other than to say we have every expectation that this will be worked out and to state the fact, which is that under U.S. law they are eligible for immunities,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. Reporters tried to get her to state explicitly that Texas could not arrest election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), but Nuland would only reiterate that OSCE observers have full immunity.
Hey, it’s not like the State Department has anything else to worry about.
The “observers” will in part be looking for voter fraud and suppression activities by conservative groups. They’re only monitoring conservatives because nobody on the other side of the political spectrum has been busted in a voter fraud scam since, oh… Wednesday.
A list of where the observers will be stationed is here. Because this group is affiliated with the UN, the comptrollers of those listed cities would be wise to prepare to have to unpaid parking tickets on the ledger until the end of time.
I hope Texas and its officials ignore the State Dept.....but this was the same state whose GOP politicians (Gov Rick Perry especially) backed down on the Texas Anti-TSA law when the Obama Admin made threats
This would be a good time for Texas to man up and stick some of the UNPunished Nazis in jail.
Also, for Diplomatic Immunity, you need to prove that you have it....you just cannot merely say “I have diplomatic immunity” Yes, Texas can stick a UN “observer” in jail until it is proven that the person actually has “immunity”
Talk to the UN. They're the authors of the BS.
Two lone women don't have anything to fear from a Texas mob.
Two lone women who happen to be meddlers interfering in the election of a foreign country had BETTER have something to fear ... and if it isn't going to be the authorities, it should be the People.
This isn't Egypt.
That's true. Egypt is a free country.
Correction. Austin is indeed just another failed San Fransisco with all its twisted sick-minded Liberals. It just so happens there a few worthwhile Conservatives doing business there.
I’m sure the US State Dept would feel the exact same way if the KKK announced that they would do the very same thing in heavily Dimocrat neighborhoods.
wow good find!! Send to Drudge!!
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