Texas Senate passes bill to allow State AG to void elections and order New Elections if more than 2% of polling places run out of paper ballots.

[Polds4OSU]

Texas bill would let state secretary redo county election during ballot shortage

The Texas state senate has passed a bill that would grant the state secretary authority to order elections be redone if ballot shortages compromise voting.

www.yahoo.com

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would have precedent-setting power to reverse elections if the bill passes as expected.

The bill’s Republican co-author, state Sen. Mayes Middleton, said, “There is no excuse why we can’t competently run our elections and have adequate ballot paper.”

But Senate Democrats saw the move as simply handing the governor a way to reverse results as Republicans like former President Donald Trump and losing Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake tried to do.

Harris County, which once skewed Republican, voted nearly 56% Democratic in the last presidential election. Abbott and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz lost the county in recent re-election races.

“You want to vest in a political appointee the ability to make a decision as to whether or not an election should be overturned and reheld?” state Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) said.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee told the Chron that the bill was “about targeting the largest county in the state, which is led by people of color.”

County Commissioner Adrian Garcia said it was a form of “election denial.”

The bill now goes to the Republican-controlled Texas House.

Middleton said the shortage “stopped countless people from voting on election day,” Fox 26 reported.

But a Houston Chronicle study concluded that the paper shortage did not alter the outcome of the elections in Harris County, defying Republican claims of voter suppression in GOP-leaning areas. There was “no evidence voters were systematically disenfranchised,” according to the study.

Abbott had previously said the paper shortage would “necessitate new laws” directed at Harris County, Newsweek reported.

At least a dozen Harris County Republican candidates contested the 2022 results, Houston Public Media reported.

 

[Duke Silver]

Shouldn't there be some red flags go up if you run out of ballots in a precinct?

 

[Polds4OSU]

Shouldn't there be some red flags go up if you run out of ballots in a precinct?

You mean like when in Jan 2022 the Texas Sec of State notified the state there were logistics issues and a paper shortage that would limit the number of new voter registration forms they could print and hand out and when they warned the logistics and paper shortage was expected to run will into the 2022 Voter period in Nov and could have impacts on it .

The STATE Sec of State Office told all the voting precincts there was an issue in Jan 2022 and even told them it was going to impact the vote in Nov 2022.....yet everyone was still surprised when it happened?

Is this a red flag?

Paper shortages causing problems leading to Texas primaries

The Texas Secretary of State's office may be handing out fewer voter registration forms to voting rights groups. Here's why.

www.kxxv.com

And Now the state of Texas is going to give power to the Gov to overturn elections based on something the KNEW was going to happen 10 months in advance and then did NOTHING to correct it prior to it occurring.

 

[Duke Silver]

You mean like when in Jan 2022 the Texas Sec of State notified the state there were logistics issues and a paper shortage that would limit the number of new voter registration forms they could print and hand out and when they warned the logistics and paper shortage was expected to run will into the 2022 Voter period in Nov and could have impacts on it .

The STATE Sec of State Office told all the voting precincts there was an issue in Jan 2022 and even told them it was going to impact the vote in Nov 2022.....yet everyone was still surprised when it happened?

Is this a red flag?

Paper shortages causing problems leading to Texas primaries

The Texas Secretary of State's office may be handing out fewer voter registration forms to voting rights groups. Here's why.

www.kxxv.com

And Now the state of Texas is going to give power to the Gov to overturn elections based on something the KNEW was going to happen 10 months in advance and then did NOTHING to correct it prior to it occurring.

It all is. Print however many are on the rolls. If you run out, something is up.

 

[Polds4OSU]

It all is. Print however many are on the rolls. If you run out, something is up.

seems very fishy to me the state would point out the problem a full 10 months before it happens. Do NOTHING to fix it in the 10 months leading up to the problem, then allow for the problem to occur, and then use that problem as the basis for new legislation to allow them change the law to give the Gov the power to void election results based on an issue they knew was going to happen and did nothing to stop from happening.

 

[CowboyJD]

seems very fishy to me the state would point out the problem a full 10 months before it happens. Do NOTHING to fix it in the 10 months leading up to the problem, then allow for the problem to occur, and then use that problem as the basis for new legislation to allow them change the law to give the Gov the power to void election results based on an issue they knew was going to happen and did nothing to stop from happening.

 

[Backin82]

seems very fishy to me the state would point out the problem a full 10 months before it happens. Do NOTHING to fix it in the 10 months leading up to the problem, then allow for the problem to occur, and then use that problem as the basis for new legislation to allow them change the law to give the Gov the power to void election results based on an issue they knew was going to happen and did nothing to stop from happening.