Texas is a top example now of why rights need to be enforced on the federal level. Everyone should listen to the Rachel Maddow podcast for tonight. Texas arrested a man who stood for 6 hours in line to vote just because he was a few months from the end of probation for a years old conviction. They set his bail at $100,000, and he coul…
Texas is a top example now of why rights need to be enforced on the federal level. Everyone should listen to the Rachel Maddow podcast for tonight. Texas arrested a man who stood for 6 hours in line to vote just because he was a few months from the end of probation for a years old conviction. They set his bail at $100,000, and he could get years in prison. These laws preventing people wo have been released from prison from voting should be abolished on the federal level. Florida also has such laws.
...and another thought crossed my mind when I heard Rachel was would the TX R's not tell him or Crystal about the rules regarding parole and voting. Given how intent the TX R's are re voter suppression, not an unreasonable thought. Skimming thru the Guardian article below, it would appear that the info regarding voting rules after conviction/parole WAS provided, BUT in SMALL print @ the bottom and the Certificate of Parole does NOT mention that the person cannot vote. Deliberate obfuscation? Maybe.
...and another part of Rachel's reporting pointed out that Hervis's trial will very likely be put in Montgomery County, which is majority white. Fair trial? Not terribly likely IMHO.
I was very surprised at this because the general rule governing venue for prosecutions of crimes in Texas is that they are prosecuted in the county in which the offense occurs or is reasonably believed to have occurred. The Texas Election Code contains a provision permitting prosecution of election related offenses in an adjoining county, which indeed means that the Attorney General may elect to prosecute Mr. Hervis in Montgomery County, which is 5.71% black, even though Mr. Hervis resides, registered to vote and voted in Harris County, which is 18.5% black. Certainly this is mere coincidence. It is doubtless equally coincidental that Montgomery County voted 71% for Trump, 24% for Biden, whereas Harris County voted 56% Biden, 43% Trump. Who knew.
Texas is a top example now of why rights need to be enforced on the federal level. Everyone should listen to the Rachel Maddow podcast for tonight. Texas arrested a man who stood for 6 hours in line to vote just because he was a few months from the end of probation for a years old conviction. They set his bail at $100,000, and he could get years in prison. These laws preventing people wo have been released from prison from voting should be abolished on the federal level. Florida also has such laws.
...and another thought crossed my mind when I heard Rachel was would the TX R's not tell him or Crystal about the rules regarding parole and voting. Given how intent the TX R's are re voter suppression, not an unreasonable thought. Skimming thru the Guardian article below, it would appear that the info regarding voting rules after conviction/parole WAS provided, BUT in SMALL print @ the bottom and the Certificate of Parole does NOT mention that the person cannot vote. Deliberate obfuscation? Maybe.
It's an unconstitutional law in the first place
...and another part of Rachel's reporting pointed out that Hervis's trial will very likely be put in Montgomery County, which is majority white. Fair trial? Not terribly likely IMHO.
I was very surprised at this because the general rule governing venue for prosecutions of crimes in Texas is that they are prosecuted in the county in which the offense occurs or is reasonably believed to have occurred. The Texas Election Code contains a provision permitting prosecution of election related offenses in an adjoining county, which indeed means that the Attorney General may elect to prosecute Mr. Hervis in Montgomery County, which is 5.71% black, even though Mr. Hervis resides, registered to vote and voted in Harris County, which is 18.5% black. Certainly this is mere coincidence. It is doubtless equally coincidental that Montgomery County voted 71% for Trump, 24% for Biden, whereas Harris County voted 56% Biden, 43% Trump. Who knew.
I wonder. A lot of people, no matter who they are, can empathize with a travesty of justice such as this.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/09/texas-voter-arrested-hervis-rogers-ken-paxton?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Ken Paxton = feral evil He has been purchased, paid enough to risk his law license.
I wonder if the media should stop identifying people who voted, if they had kept him anonymous, this might not have happened.