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Acc/to a statement by #KenPaxton’s office, a grand jury returned indictments against Rochelle Camacho, the county #judge of Frio County; Carlos Segura, a former elections administrator for Frio; Ramiro Trevino & Racheal Garza, #CouncilMembers for the city of Pearsall; Adriann Ramirez, a trustee w/the #school district in Pearsall; & Rosa Rodriguez, who is described as an “alleged Frio County vote harvester.”

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Now, 5 people, all with *ties* to Democratic candidates, are accused of illegal *vote harvesting*, which usually involves knocking on doors & asking if volunteers can deliver completed absentee or mail-in ballots to voting centers or ballot drop boxes.

In 2021, Gov #GregAbbott signed an overhaul of #Texas #election laws which included new restrictions on vote harvesting, making it illegal to deliver a ballot for a 3rd party.

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The charges surprised #Latino #VotingRights activists, who had insisted that a series of #law enforcement raids on political operatives & voting organizers, some who were in their 70s & 80s, appeared to have been #political. The raids last August by #KenPaxton’s office were part of a sprawling voter *fraud* inquiry in Latino enclaves near San Antonio & in South Texas, conducted by Paxton’s “election integrity unit.”

Really, if you can, worthwhile to listen. Very good background on the insidious GOP 'SAVE' act & Trump's EO attacking our right to vote.

[Slate Amicus Podcast]: Trump’s Plan To Put A Chokehold On Voting. Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Joseph Stern, Wendy Weiser

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

#saveAct #executiveOrders #votingRights #voteSuppression
#Law #justice #courts

Apple PodcastsTrump’s Plan To Put A Chokehold On VotingPodcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 03/29/2025 · 1h 9m

From 2022: #Redistricting In #NewMexico Has Systematically Diluted The Voice Of #NativeAmerican #Voters

#FarmingtonNewMexico has a well-documented history of #discrimination and violence against Native residents, and #VoteSuppression is part of the continued struggle.

by Aidan Graybill
Mar 24, 2022

"In 1974 three #Navajo men — Herman #DodgeBenally, #JohnEarlHarvey, and #DavidIgnacio — were brutally murdered on the outskirts of Farmington, New Mexico by three white teenagers.

"In response to the murders, many advocacy organizations — including the University of New Mexico #KivaClub, the American Indian Movement (#AIM), and the #NAACP — mobilized in Farmington. The high schoolers responsible for the murders were sentenced to a few years at the state reformatory after closed-door proceedings. Many in the Farmington community felt this punishment wasn’t sufficient and multiple marches and protests ensued.

"Following a march in May 1974, a list of demands was presented to the Farmington mayor which addressed, “basic community problems affecting Indians, and calls for increased responsiveness by elected officials to these needs.

"While the clash between Navajos and whites in the community continued to rage, the city administration held open sessions and discussions for everyone in the community — Navajos shared their sweeping and ubiquitous experiences of discrimination.

"Whether it was high school students excluded from extracurricular activities, blue-collar workers harassed by their white employers, or individuals who were refused service at restaurants, the common themes of bigotry and racism riddled their everyday lives.

[...]

"Thirty years later, the New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on #CivilRights issued a follow-up report on civil rights for #NativeAmericans in Farmington. Then-president of #Shiprock Chapter, Duane Yazzie, noted that there was progress and improvement in the general social climate for Navajo people in Farmington:

"'Yes, there continues to be periodic problems but, for the most part, the efforts of the public servants, including law enforcement, the courts, the business community, and the major employers in the regions, there has been considerable advancement.'

"However, the same report also included other testimony explaining that there had actually been little progress since the 1970s, considering the lack of Native American representation in positions of civic leadership:

"'You’ve asked if change — you asked if change has happened since the early 1970s? Consider that question by looking at the numbers. Each community’s pillars are those that are elected as well as those that serve in the government structure.

"'If one looks at those positions in the local government, you will find very few, if any, Native Americans. It doesn’t matter if you look at the county, the city, or even local institutions. You will still find very few Native Americans in high-level, decision-making positions.

"'After 30 years, you would think the local governments would have made great progress in this area.'"

Original web page:
medium.com/the-public-magazine

Archived version:
archive.ph/g608Q

#ChokecherryMassacres #Diné #WhiteRacists
#MMIM #MurderedAndMissingIndigenousMen #NativeVoters #VoterSuppression

THE PUBLIC MAGAZINE · Redistricting In New Mexico Has Systematically Diluted The Voice Of Native VotersBy Aidan Graybill
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"We should all demand, including in states like mine that don’t have early voting and no-excuse absentee voting, the right to go souls to the polls, in whatever for that takes for us. Go from your church, your temple, your mosque. Have a voting brunch or a neighborhood walk to the polls. Do whatever it takes. Voting should be easy. It should be encouraged. But far too often, it isn’t."

#Democrats #DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #VotingRights #VoteSuppression #BlackVoters #Georgia #Warnock
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"A new law in Georgia permits counties to eliminate Sunday voting. Sunday voting, known as 'souls to the polls' in the deep South, makes it possible for Black voters who work on Tuesdays to march straight from church to vote on their day of worship. Their votes are prayers."

~ Joyce Vance

#Democrats #DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #VotingRights #VoteSuppression #BlackVoters #Georgia
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joycevance.substack.com/p/kama

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance · Kamala Harris, For the People: Images from the ConventionBy Joyce Vance
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⬆️ #VoteSuppression by #ElonMusk

“ Legal experts say that releasing vote totals while balloting is in progress could present problems for #Tesla, and that may be why the company made the filing with the #SEC, which is likely to look into the matter.

Shareholders can still cast votes online Thursday and in person Thursday afternoon at Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas. They also can change previously cast votes.”

apnews.com/article/tesla-elon-

AP News · Tesla stockholders vote to restore Elon Musk's $44.9B pay packageBy TOM KRISHER
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She had no idea she would soon be indicted on a charge of illegal voting. She later said that she would not have jeopardized her freedom by submitting a ballot & would have left the polling place if she’d known she wasn’t allowed to vote.
#Election workers checking provisional ballots — as is routine — later determined Mason was ineligible, so her ballot was never counted.

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#Texas 2nd Court of Appeals Judge Wade Birdwell ruled that there was not enough evidence to show #CrystalMason had known she was ineligible to vote.

The case had been seen as an example of a #GOP-led crackdown on alleged [BS] voter fraud in TX, & Mason’s attys framed it as an attempt at intimidating other voters, particularly people of color & those returning from prison, by making an example of Mason.

#law #ElectionLaw #VoterIntimidation #VoteSuppression #BlackVotesMatter #democracy #VoteBlue

Local elections 2023: Voters express anger at ID rule changes bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65492275

So easy to be wise after the event, but how many disappointed or disenfranchised people lobbied their MP or protested as this was going through our “democratic” process?

I wrote twice to our (Tory, spineless) MP even though we didn’t have local elections.

I wonder if Labour will commit to unwinding this if/when they get in power?

& ban poll station “tellers”

BBC NewsLocal elections 2023: Voters express anger at ID rule changesSome would-be voters complain about being turned away from polling stations as new rules applied.
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"But the allegations were always hollow, for instance in Alabama, where Republican-appointed U.S. Attorneys chased every accusation that was made for the eight years of the George W. Bush administration without finding anything of significance.

The Big Lie put the old trope on steroids, a Trump-sized version of the voter fraud complaints Republicans trotted out every election cycle. But none of it is true."

#VoterFraud #VoteSuppression #Republicans #racism

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