It looks like Voter Purging is happening in Texas as Well! 300,000 voters are getting this!

[lookingfortruth]

http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Watch-out-for-voter-registration-cancellations-3606064.php#photo-3022638



Watch out for voter registration cancellation
By Lise Olsen

Updated 06:22 a.m., Monday, June 4, 2012


Walter Pinkston, a Friendswood retiree and faithful Harris County voter, got a letter in late March asking his family to confirm that he was dead - which he was not - and warning that he was about to be purged from Texas voter rolls.

Retired Houston Baptist University Professor Trilla Pando received a similar notice of her death from voter registration officials in 2010.

Even Sylvia Garcia, a former Harris County commissioner, got suspended - not because anyone thought she was dead - but because county officials questioned the validity of a P.O. Box the Houston native had used on her voting card for years.

More than 300,000 valid voters were notified they could be removed from Texas rolls from November 2008 to November 2010 - often because they were mistaken for someone else or failed to receive or respond to generic form letters, according to Houston Chronicle interviews and analysis of voter registration data.

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We need our progressive media to do something about this story. It seems we only see this stuff slowed down when the public eye is on the story.

[Turbineguy]

1. "Dear Democrat"

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. Actually ...

"Dear Brown Person, who I assume to be a non-gop voter ..."

[Gregorian]

2. I have to ask if Texas is so red that it would make a difference, as in Florida.

I don't know, to be honest.

[lunasun]

16. it can - that is why they are doing it - 2010 census sez yes

[4dsc]

3. More Anti-American efforts to suppress the vote

nothing is more pathetic then to want people not to vote in elections.

[1-Old-Man]

5. I believe the correct name for this is "Election Fraud"

[spanone]

6. it's happening nationwide.

[MjolnirTime]

7. They know that Texas will go blue between now and 2020.

That will slam the door on the GOP's Presidential hopes for the forseeable future.

[msongs]

8. how bout a progressive pres/congress that gives a crap about all this? nt

[AC_Mem]

9. Tennessee too

Same thing happening here. It is a coordinated effort to suppress the vote and it needs to be stopped!

[snot]

10. Add this:

A good friend of mine who lives in the Dallas area told me that when he went to vote in the recent primary election, he was told his voting location had been changed (he'd received no notice, and he's very aware about things like that). So he went to the location they sent him to, and lo, they told him he was still in the wrong place. When he went to the third location, he was finally allowed to vote.

How many voters are going to persevere through that?

One guess at his party affiliation . . . .

[They_Live]

15. This happened in Austin as well,

for the city council/mayoral race they had moved the polling location (without any kind of prior written warning) and provided the INCORRECT ADDRESS and Location Name on the flier for the new location (but the Google map was correct). I had voted early, so I didn't run into this problem. My wife knew that the new address was incorrect and called the elections board (or precinct commissioner?) to complain.

When I voted (early again) in the Democratic Primary, I suddenly realized that our District had indeed changed and Lloyd Doggett was no longer a possible choice to be my Representative. I'm suddenly in Lamar Smith's district. I'm furious.

The redistricting maps have been have been changed multiple times, which is part of the reason that our Primaries were delayed. Trying to find the accurate map online was a challenge, and I kind of know where to look, and have been paying attention to this issue. Most people won't even notice, and by the time they do, there is nothing to be done.

[snot]

11. P.S.: I think we need to encourage everyone to double-check their registration --

AND voting location at least once before the next election.

I'd check once at least 30 days before the election, so there's time to fix it if there's a problem, and again right before the election, in case they did something at the last minute.

[K8-EEE]

12. Also urge everyone to vote at their state's primaries

So at least any "unforeseen" changes in "eligibility" will be addressed before the general. Ours here in CA is tomorrow.

[abelenkpe]

14. +1000

Gotta admit that's a big reason why we are voting tomorrow....to make sure we can still vote.

And to vote democratic

[taught_me_patience]

13. Well, if they're purging older voters

then they're probably purging Repulicans.

(I half kid)