Harris judicial candidate sues to overturn November result

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Yes, it's related to Paul Bettequit:

The Democratic candidate who lost a Harris County judicial race by 230 votes last month is asking a court to make him the winner, saying a variety of alleged vote count and voter registration failures by the county cost him a victory.

Democrat J. Goodwille Pierre, a lawyer who manages small business programs for the Houston airport system, is no stranger to voting rights lawsuits; he said he worked on such issues in Texas for the liberal group People For The American Way, particularly on behalf of Prairie View A&M University students registering in Waller County.

Now the first-time candidate is filing suit on behalf of his own campaign against Republican civil court Judge Joseph "Tad" Halbach of the 333rd District Court. ...

Pierre's lawsuit also cites a non-partisan ballots board's rejection of about 5,800 ballots cast by voters who, according to records from Bettencourt's office and other agencies, had not been properly registered. The ballot board chairman said some of the ballots, after being processed by Bettencourt's staff, had information obscured by correction fluid.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/6159542.html

The Old Wite-Out Caper again.

I don't know what to expect out of Pierre's complaint, other than to draw more heat to Bettencourt's misadventures. Pierre is a respected local attorney and Democratic activist; he also challenged Kaufman for the Harris county clerk's position in 2006.

With the breaking news earlier this afternoon that SD-17 Republican state senate candidate Joan Huffman has likely violated campaign election law by holding a political rally in the same building as an early voting poll, one thing we know for certain: new Democratic county attorney Vince Ryan is going to be one busy guy defending Republicans in court.

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1. Paul Bettequit - Good one!

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Did you see the latest video on KHOU? It's a beauty!

KHOU Bettencourt story video

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