Texas Watchdog/KPRC-2: Dead people voting in Harris County!
KPRC-2 reports on an interesting case of apparent voter fraud in Harris County:
The push to register voters for this year's presidential election is breaking records.
More than 1.9 million people are registered to vote in Harris County alone.
But how many of the people listed on the voter roll are actually eligible to cast a ballot?
Investigative reporter Amy Davis shows you how hundreds of voters could sway this year's election -- voters who are not even alive.
"All-in-all, a great person, a great woman, just a wonderful person" is how Alexis Guidry described her mother to Local 2 Investigates.
"As far back as I can remember, they've always voted in the election," Guidry said of her parents.
The March 2008 Primary was no exception. Voting records show Alexis' mom, Gloria Guidry, cast her ballot in person near her South Houston home.
"It was just very shocking, a little unsettling," said Alexis Guidry.
It's unsettling because Gloria Guidry died of cancer 10 months before the March Primary.
"She'd be very upset," Guidry said when asked what her mom would think.
Trent Seibert, of Texas Watchdog, says you should be too.
"This is really disquieting. It's concerning. It's worrisome," said Seibert.
He heads up the non-partisan news group on the web.
Texas Watchdog compared Harris County's voter registration roll with the Social Security death index and found more than 4,000 matches -- registered voters that, it appears, are already dead.
The full Texas Watchdog report is here. That's another nice piece of work by the new guys in town!
In the past, some left-leaning bloggers have asserted there is no need for positive voter identification at polls and have criticized local officials for allegedly being too aggressive in purging voter rolls.
Texas Watchdog and KPRC-2 just cast quite a bit of doubt on both assertions.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/09/08 11:37 PM | Print |
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