Hot Damn! Democrats Get To Vote In Texas.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott lost another round in court today in his continuing effort to legally ban Democrats from voting in Texas.
The November, Greg Abbott cannot enforce his opinion that Democrats are yucky and should not be allowed to cast a ballot because many of them are not white, don’t belong to a country club, or – ahem – don’t have a winkie. Rumor even has it that some of them actually work for a living instead of living off a major personal injury settlement obtained prior to tort reform, like any Texas Attorney General worth his weight in feathers does.
Under the judge’s ruling today —
- Volunteer Deputy Registrars (“VDRs”) may make copies of voter registration applications;
- VDRs do not have to personally deliver completed applications to the county office (in our case, the Fort Bend County Election Administrator) and can instead mail such completed applications;
- VDRs do not have to be Texas residents or citizens and out of state workers can be VDRs;
- VDRs in one county can collect voter registration applications for persons living in another county and send those applications to the appropriate county official; and
- The employment of VDR by an organization may be subject to quotas or requirements that certain number of completed voter registrations be provided in order to remain employed.
What this means is that Democrats can register other Democrats.
Shameful, ain’t it? No telling who they’ll register. Maybe even some trial lawyers or social workers, or nurses, or construction workers … you know, average people.
The proprietor-ette entire staff of The World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc., gives a standing ovation to Chad Dunn, a hero lawyer.
Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.
In the “careful what you pray for” category, I’m just waiting for all the stories (and video!) that will come out after Election Day of all those old folks who first voted for FDR, and every election since, and were told they didn’t have the proper identification to vote in this election. Take my late Aunt, for instance, who never drove a car and didn’t have a license and was born in Georgia in 1907. I don’t know what kind of ID she had that would satisfy today’s Rethugs and she died just two years ago at age 103. The only thing separating those folks from disenfranchisement is the Voting Act of 1965 and subsequent renewals.
I’m tellin’ ya: this is going to come back and bite the Rethugs on their behinds but good.
1I’m confused. What part of the voting process requires a winkie? Does it just have to be taken out and waved around or must it actually be applied to something or made to function in some particular manner? Personally I’ve always found that pens work fine.
2Awesome stuff. I write a blog myself – leftcoastsportsbabe.com, and talked about missing Molly Ivins. One of my readers said you’re the next best thing!
3I’m amazed and astounded. The rules are much less strict than they have been. I think I better pass this around. Or do the rules change from one county to another?
4It doesn’t happen often enough to suit me, but every once in awhile, the good guys (and gals) finish first! I’m seeing a purple tinge in Red Texas.
5Wow!!!!!
6Does this mean that we dems have a chance in Texas?
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7Ohhhh, Janice, be careful, this is a NON-blog. I will now sashay over to see what you have to say.
8Chad Dunn has done a great job in a number of important cases for voters in the state of Texas. Dunn is counsel in both Texas redistricting cases (there were proceedings in both San Antonio and in Washington DC), the federal voter id case and this case in Galveston.
9Why have voter registration? What does it accomplish. South Dakota has no voter registation. Show up and prove you live in that precinct and you can vote. Seven states and DC have same day voter registation and other states are considering this. The Repubs are moving in the opposite direction with voter ID’s and making it more difficult to register voters.
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