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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.
Seems pretty fair, it’d be WILD if you can just fill out a form in the mail and suddenly be able to vote.
The amount of legislative energy that is spent on limiting or outright preventing voter registration in this country is insane given how little actual documented evidence there is of it versus how few people we have voting. Especially given the most recent cases of voter fraud have been from Republicans.
The intent behind this is voter suppression. Nothing more.
If this suppresses votes, it suppresses the votes of illegal immigrants. If illegal immigrants don’t vote, why do Democrats worry so much about illegal immigrants being barred from voting? They shouldn’t care at all.
The boogeyman of ‘illegal immigrants’ has been dragged out over and over again ever since I was a child by conservatives. It had no teeth then and it has none now.
Simply put, the data does not support your irrational fears or your assertions: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/noncitizen-voting-missing-millions
If I were the type to take your point in good faith then I’d say eliminating mail-in voter registration is just a solution looking for a problem.
However, given your profile, I’m just going to say that this is classic voter suppression tactics. Raise the barrier to voting access and see how quickly the disenfranchised, poor, and working class voting numbers plummet. All in the name of continued voter disenfranchisement.
Edit: Nothing really to say about the most recent cases of voter fraud, eh?
Raise the barrier to voting access and see how quickly the disenfranchised, poor, and working class voting numbers plummet.
Why can’t they vote in person?
Edit: Nothing really to say about the most recent cases of voter fraud, eh?
Which ones? Tell me about them.
Funny, the article says otherwise.
It says Paxton wants to limit or repeal the ability for Democrats to register to vote.
Not “Paxton wants to stop illegal immigrants from registering to vote”.
Also; you can’t register to vote if you’re an illegal immigrant. It doesn’t work. Full stop.
That’s how Americans voted for hundreds of years.
If we’re going to change how we do things, let’s start with gun ownership. It’s WILD that some places will let you just fill out a form and suddenly be able to get a gun.
They don’t have a link to the actual form the counties want to distribute, but when Republicans get tweaked over this, it’s usually because they are using the Federal mail-in form. They ask on that form that people simply check a box to indicate they are US citizens and are thus eligible to vote. Since it’s a mail-in form, they don’t ask to include any other proof of citizenship (although first-time registrants do need to submit proof of residence). But, they do note on the form that submitting a form with a false declaration is a crime, and if a non-citizen does it they would be subject to deportation.
If Paxton is so sure non-citizens are registering to vote in droves, all he has to do is investigate these forms as they come in, as any non-citizen who fills it out can immediately have the book thrown at them. The fact that he doesn’t means that even he knows non-citizens are not doing this. It makes no sense to risk being kicked out of the country just to vote in a system where you can’t fully participate. The risk is just too high.
I mean this entire recent thing with Paxton is over like 6500 voter registrations.
If there are people that bad at risk assessment we’re talking tiny, tiny chunks of votes.
Even looking at this from Paxton’s point of view and assume every one of those votes was in bad faith, he’s the one with risk assessment issues. The response is so over blown its ridiculous.
This is the wedge. Look at Abortion. They banned that completely and the entire time they talked about 3rd trimester abortions which are a tiny fraction of all abortions and only when the fetus is dead or incompatible with life.
Their playbook has always been to go after edge cases to create the will for large changes.
This is an important observation that I wish more people would make. Conservative groups constantly pick at the fringes of behaviour to justify their policy positions.
You see if everywhere once you know to look.
The republicans have investigated voting fraud extensively.
all they’ve found is republicans voting fraudulently. either at an individual level, or at a systemic level.
But they ignore that to focus on manufactured voter fraud, like telling Felons they are allowed to vote, so they vote, then coming after them for voting while a felon and claiming its fraudulent… Like DeSantis tried to do in Florida a few years back.
Gaslight ✅
Obstruct ✅
Project ✅
Same as it ever was.
He doesn’t think non-citizens are trying to vote, he’s just trying to limit the number of people in majority-Democrat counties voting. The whole voter fraud story is bullshit. They just want their own uneducated people to buy it.
This exactly. His base fully believes the story that immigrants are voting illegally, so he sets up very challenging rules to register to vote, making it time consuming and prohibitive.
The law is then used to suppress votes in districts that vote against the GOP.
Amping up the cold civil war.
I find any assault to voting rights the most undemocratic and unamerican thing you can do
Welcome to Texas
welcome to conservatism.
Well, yes, republicans are vehemently anti-America.
Because their leaders are funded by Putin
How is this not a punishable offense? Blatantly confessing to election interference, like can’t we throw him in prison?
Also, “election is rigged!” Um yes by the Republicans and they admit it!
Same reason why Trump hasn’t faced any consequences.
The headline is misleading. He isn’t literally saying that Democrats can’t register to vote. He is saying that the city of Houston can’t mail unsolicited voter applications to anyone, Republican or Democrat.
Since Houston has a lot of Democrats, Paxton probably thinks it will hurt Democrats more than Republicans. Then again, Houston city officials might well be using the same reasoning when sending out unsolicited voter applications.
This asshole needs to be dealt with in the harshest manner.
I’ll take a heart attack or anything that stops him breathing @ this point.
@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world we’re part of criminal organizations! Yay!
Also, I don’t know about you, but most eligible Latino voters I know support Trump. Most of them argue it’s because “we need to keep out illegals,” which, sure, okay; or because “Trump is tough on crime.” I usually tell them that Trump is gonna try to deport their Mexican-looking asses and then lock up my fat Jewish ass. Some say I’m brainwashed and others say that it’s a worthwhile risk because the democrats are gonna destroy our country and the economy and raise their taxes.
I’m not saying that Hispanic people are morons. I’m saying that Texans appear to mostly be idiots…
I’m a part of many criminal organizations.
I’ve seen that in older Hispanic folks, especially ones that left despotic countries that pretend to be socialist. The ones my age and younger that I know generally lean left. But that may also be because I’m in Harris county, who will be sued by Paxton if we do a voter registration drive. Because more Harris county voters means old testament shit starts happening. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together…mass hysteria!
Paxton is not the Governor of Texas, he’s the Attorney General.
Someone to tell him he’s also not the emperor
And the governor pulls the same fucking bullshit. Both of them can die in a fire.
Lol fuck this guy
They know they’re gonna lose (because you’re all gonna FUCKING VOTE) so this is where the action is–stopping the traitorous republican coup.
And ideally, punishing it appropriately afterwards.
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He really wants a war dont he
Conservatives have been insisting on it for years. This time, I hope we don’t stop before the job is done.
The photo of this guy makes it look like he’s one orgasm away from a final heart attack.
We can’t have people voting now Ken can we. You are a disgrace.
Are there any other counties doing this? I still can’t believe we have this criminal in office.
Are there any other counties doing this?
Russia and Israel leap to mind
I’d count King country and Pierce country too /s
Those are countries.
