Some counties in Texas also don't allow students to vote; and other major

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election problems in Texas- and a closer election than many asssume.

In Texas, students at the predominantly African-American Prairie View A&M University challenged a local district attorney’s claim that they were not eligible to vote in the county. Waller County district attorney Oliver Kitzman wrote a letter to the local
election administrator, later published in the local newspaper, threatening to prosecute persons who failed to meet his definition of having a legal voting address.6 In fact, an earlier controversy had led to a lawsuit and a 1978 federal court order prohibiting the
local registrar from treating Prairie View students differently from other county voters.
http://www.naacp.org/inc/pdf/jimcrow.pdf


Waller County Student vote suppression
016951 10/28/04, 4:35 PM PST Problem based on student status Prairie View, Waller County County, Texas Student at Prairie View A & M registered to vote several months ago in a voter registration drive. She never received her card. She tried to vote early voting (Waller County) but they told her that because she was a student she had to sign something and she was actually supposed to vote in Dallas. They basically would not let her vote - no suggestion even of a provisional ballot.

023958 11/01/04, 1:16 PM PST Registration-related problem Waller County, Texas Students at Prairie Vie University are being told that their registrations have been discarded -- even though they are registered on campus. Note: This University had a march in Feb./March. Wants us to look into situation.

037528 11/02/04, 10:30 AM PST Provisional ballot problem; Long lines coleman kemp-smith community center, waller county, prarie view, a&m university, waller County, Texas no provisional ballots until after 3:00 at her polling place. she is concerned they will end up never getting any and wants to know if poll hours will be extended given the problem. caller was concerned about lack of organization and chaos/long lines at her poll. she is trying to help student voters and wants to know general rles on providing assistance.

045935 11/02/04, 3:38 PM PST Problem based on student status Prairieview, Waller County, Texas In 2000 was registered in Houston, moved on campus, now living off campus up the block. Went to vote where all students were told to vote, he was turned away, told it was only for resident students, not commuters.
049442 11/02/04, 5:49 PM PST Registration-related problem; Problem based on student status Prarieview Alumni Assn. University Drive, Prarieview, Wallaer County, Texas Refused the right to vote because she didn't have her card and wasn't on the roll. She insists that she is registered and in the right location. Not offered the opportunity to sign an affidavit. Said other students were being turned away also.

043666 11/02/04, 2:12 PM PST Registration-related problem Hempstead, Waller County, Texas Submitted address change to people doing voter registration drive at A&M university. Never got card

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1. Texas had major switching, straight ticket defaults, suppression

Houston, Harris County (Touch Screens Default Kerry to Bush and Default Dem ticket to Repub and extreme voter suppression of minority voters, machines broken, long lines, voter unable to vote, registration problems, absentee problems, provisional ballot problems)

San Antonio, Bexar County(Touch screens Default to Bush and straight Democratic ticket doesn’t vote for Kerry) , machine problems, long lines, registration problems, DMV registration problems, absentee problems)
Austin, Travis County (touch screens default from Kerry to Bush, default straight Dem ticket to Bush) machine problems, long lines, registration problems, DMV registration problems, absentee problems, student vote problems)
Dallas (Touch screen straight Democratic vote defaults to Republican or no vote, registration problems, absentee problems)

Collin County (Optical scan county) inaccurate tabulator, overvotes, registration problems

Denton County(Unable to vote for Kerry if don’t vote for all Democrats)

Waller County Student vote suppression

Wichita County Punch card tabulator glitches, undervotes as high as 20%

Willacy County compiler glitches

Tarrant County machine problems, glitches, registration problems

http://www.flcv.com/texas.html