Saturday, February 05, 2005
HD137 Voter Registration Fraud Affects Heflin-Vo Race
How one Democrat's voter registration fraud may have put a fellow Democrat's victory in jeopardy
Okay everyone, let's connect the dots:
Last week during the Heflin-Vo Hearings in Austin, an allegation was presented by Heflin's GOP lawyer Andy Taylor that a group of votes should be removed from Vo's total because the voters "illegally" voted in the HD149 race, while their registered addresses showed they resided in HD137. Taylor's assessment was that these voters were "illegally" allowed to "cross over" and vote in the HD149 race.
As it turns out, these "illegal" voters were in fact legal residents in HD149, but were apparently "moved" into HD137 by Democratic Primary candidate Bernard Amadi, who ran an unsuccessful race against State Rep. Scott Hochberg for the Democratic nomination. It is assumed that Amadi's motivation was to pack the Democratic Primary with African immigrants, who would be more likely to support his candidacy.
The bad news is, it appears that a Democratic candidate may have sabotaged a fellow Democrat's ultimate victory.
The good news is, Heflin's argument that these voters were "illegal" and should be removed from Vo's vote totals has fallen apart, thereby strengthening Vo's case.
Anyone seen Amadi lately? There are a bunch of people looking for him right now...
You can read the full story in the Houston Chronicle.
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Okay everyone, let's connect the dots:
Last week during the Heflin-Vo Hearings in Austin, an allegation was presented by Heflin's GOP lawyer Andy Taylor that a group of votes should be removed from Vo's total because the voters "illegally" voted in the HD149 race, while their registered addresses showed they resided in HD137. Taylor's assessment was that these voters were "illegally" allowed to "cross over" and vote in the HD149 race.
As it turns out, these "illegal" voters were in fact legal residents in HD149, but were apparently "moved" into HD137 by Democratic Primary candidate Bernard Amadi, who ran an unsuccessful race against State Rep. Scott Hochberg for the Democratic nomination. It is assumed that Amadi's motivation was to pack the Democratic Primary with African immigrants, who would be more likely to support his candidacy.
The bad news is, it appears that a Democratic candidate may have sabotaged a fellow Democrat's ultimate victory.
The good news is, Heflin's argument that these voters were "illegal" and should be removed from Vo's vote totals has fallen apart, thereby strengthening Vo's case.
Anyone seen Amadi lately? There are a bunch of people looking for him right now...
You can read the full story in the Houston Chronicle.
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