Texas Style Voting
I have an absolute true story for you from Glen Maxey.
I see some of you rolling your eyes already but Glen provided me with documented proof so this time the story really is true. (I just say stuff like that to bother Glen. It’s like, I dunno, my job to bother Glen.)
It’s Glen job to help Democrats. So here’s his story in his own words.
In Texas, volunteers can be deputized to register voters. A Deputy Voter Registrar can assist a voter to fill out a voter registration application which is standardized for all counties across Texas. When they accept the card, the law requires the deputy to give the voter a receipt. This receipt is the proof that the voter registered to vote and did it outside the thirty day period before an election. If the volunteer loses the application or did something bad like tossing it in the trash because he didn’t like the persuasion of the potential voter, the newly registered voter has proof that they registered and did it in time.
Texas, being a state which places a high premium of “local control” and because it’s cheap, leaves the design, development and procurement of these receipts up to local voter officials, county by county.
Just to see what uniformity there was in receipts the Texas Democratic Party asked our interns out in rural counties to get a copy of the receipts used. Just to make sure they were giving voters correct information. Like somewhere near what the law requires.
Most are pretty good and do their job. One county states on theirs “this may not be used to vote” which is totally opposite of the function and rationale of the receipt.
Then there is this one from Van Zandt County, population 52,000, where Barack Obama got 19% of the vote.
Seriously, that’s their receipt for your voter registration.
Hell, it’s a damn receipt. Whaddya want? Something official? You can’t just go down to the hardware store and buy these suckers, ya know. You gotta drive all the over to Canton to the office supply store.
It’s a damn receipt. And think of it this way, if a poll tax ever comes back, they are that much ahead of the game.
Uhhhhhhh. As usual, when confronted with this kind
1of idiocy . . . . I got nothing.
At the Cinco de Mayo event, I registered a young boy scout who helped Bubba and I set up the tent for the event (Bubba and I are not the best at setting up tents or awnings). That scout had pictures made with his receipt for his application to register to vote with his scoutmaster and mother. Registering voters is important.
2Looks like they may be charging a fee with a receipt like that. Somebody might be making a small fortune. Bears lookin’ into.
3O damn. That is right down there with the state legislators we used to have that moved their lips when they read the local paper at their desks in the chamber just before they voted. And wow! were these guys ever slow readers. Their comprehension level was somewhere south of a mealworm’s belly. I think the Boy Scout with the photograph is worthy of a full scholarship ride at a college of his choice. I would trust him with the future of this country than I would anyone who would use a sales/rental receipt to do voter registration.
4Silly fiscal conservatives, we know saving money is not their plan and that “honest” elections are those they gerrymander.
Here ya go boys, save a buck the next time you trot out your hypocrisy: http://www.doolins.com/images/categories/tickets.jpg
5Obviously, someone’s been busy if they’re already on number 997,557. Does that mean they already registered 997,556 and gave em receipts? I bet they wuz all “D”‘s.
I smell fraud…or is that bacon. Dangit, now I’m hungry
6Sigh. Sorry, my mind’s already on lunch.
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