The Texas attorney general is now threatening to sue two Latino-majority counties in his mad dash to block alleged “voter fraud.”
It seems that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will do anything to prevent Texas from flipping for Kamala Harris—including preventing eligible citizens from registering to vote.*
Paxton threatened legal action against Bexar and Harris counties if they proceed with sending out mail-in voter registration forms, which the counties have proposed doing via third-party vendors. Paxton argues that it could encourage noncitizens to register to vote.
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Paxton’s office announced Wednesday that he’d filed a lawsuit against Bexar County Commissioner Court after it approved a proposal that funds the production and mailing of voter registration forms “to unregistered voters in location(s) based on targeting agreed to by the county,” according to KENS-5. Paxton claimed the program was unlawful because it “could induce ineligible people—such as felons and noncitizens—to commit a crime by attempting to register to vote.”
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In reality, there is little to no evidence to demonstrate that noncitizen voting is a significant problem in the United States. In 2016, noncitizen votes accounted for just 0.0001 percent of the votes cast, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Still, it’s a nonissue that Republicans such as House Speaker Mike Johnson, and of course Trump, have continued to tout baselessly throughout the election cycle.
Paxton’s offensive goes even further, to conflate unregistered, but eligible, voters with noncitizens.
His newest action is part of his larger campaign to actively disenfranchise Latino voters in Texas who might support Harris.
Oh Kenney, you rascal. It’s so cool how your corrupt, lying, sack of shit ass gets to meddle in elections like this. It’s great. Keep it up, buddy. You’re the greatest.
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Oh Kenney, you rascal. It’s so cool how your corrupt, lying, sack of shit ass gets to meddle in elections like this. It’s great. Keep it up, buddy. You’re the greatest.
Fucking piece of shit.
I wish he’d go to Mexico and run his mouth.