Texas Dems under investigation after sending voting applications with citizenship box pre-checked to non-citizens
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The Texas Democratic Party is under investigation after being accused of sending out voter-registration applications to non-citizens with the citizenship box already checked “Yes.”
The possible violation was first raised Thursday by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a nonprofit specializing in election integrity, which alerted both state and federal authorities.
Following the reports of the alleged violation, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the issue is “being investigated” and “there will be serious consequences” if confirmed.
“A complaint says the Texas Democratic Party asked noncitizens to register to vote, sending applications with citizenship box pre-checked. This is being investigated. If true there will be serious consequences,” he wrote in a tweet.
"A complaint says the Texas Democratic Party asked noncitizens to register to vote, sending applications with citizenship box pre-checked. This is being investigated. If true there will be serious consequences "....Greg Abbott
PILF said the applications were circulated around the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas sometime between late September and early October and some lawfully present non-citizens received the forms.
The group published all the documents related to the election registration irregularity, including pictures of the applications where boxes asking whether the applicant is both 18 and a U.S. citizen were already checked in the “Yes” field.
The group also included a signed affidavit from David C. Kifuri Jr, who said his non-citizen relatives received the application form from the state Democratic Party.
“I know from previous work experience … that it is a crime to register to vote in Texas if you are a felon with an incomplete sentence or a non-U.S. citizen. I also understand that a non-U.S. citizen can face criminal and immigration jeopardy for misrepresenting citizenship status for the purpose of voter registration,” Kifuri stated.
Texas’ Secretary of State Sam Taylor told the Washington Times that some non-citizens contacted his office asking whether there were any law changes that gave them the right to vote.
He added that the state law prohibits encouraging anyone to lie in their voter application form, but it will be up to the investigators to decide if pre-checking a box claiming the applicant is a U.S. citizen is a violation of the law.
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The Public Interest Legal Foundation? I think I may donate
Yes they need more money to continue spreading lies and propaganda.
I offer Trump's daily lies as an example of the degradation of the entire right wing.
AND somehow things are going AMERICAN good In the country now !
Gosh darn it Donald......Stop Lying !
I am shocked, shocked I say to hear that either side, but especially the Democrats would attempt any shenanigans to manipulate the outcome of voting their way.
Shocked and appalled
And yet it has been well documented that republicans are deeply involved in voter suppression.
If that is so well documented, perhaps you can give us an example?
I doubt it. Fantasies rarely have evidence.
We'll just wait for that evidence, as Adlai Stevenson once said "I am prepared to wait until Hell freezes over"
Comment 1.2.1 read it and weep
Voter suppression means preventing legitimate voters from voting.
Yep. And the Republicans got caught doing it so much they had to be under government supervision.
Or did you think they had to be under supervision (and getting caught again while under supervision) because they were Boy Scouts?
Sorry...there's court rulings on the GOP.
You aren't talking about the day's when southern democrats found ways to deny blacks the right to vote, are you?
"Voter Fraud" doesn't, and NEVER existed."
Just ask a Democrat.
Trump's own committee couldn't find any either.
Seems we, The American People"....did find it.....again !
Read the seed....won't you ?
This isn't the first time articles like this have come up.