Yes... More equal than others.. Your own DNC...
Posted on 10/22/2010 10:19:13 AM PDT by kristinn
There are two reports that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) violated electioneering laws inside a polling place and harassed poll watchers at the Acres Home Multiservice Community Center on October 18th.
Liberty Pundits has two eyewitness anonymous sources, a poll watcher and an election clerk, who describe Rep. Jackson Lee speaking with and shaking hands of voters inside a polling place located in the same building as her district office and getting in the faces of poll watchers
KPRC 950 host Michael Berry (@28:45) interviewed Houston poll watcher Catherine Engelbrecht of King Street Patriots/True The Vote on October 19th about what was relayed to her by poll watcher Marcia Ferguson.
Engelbrecht said that the poll watcher complained to the election judge that Jackson Lee was violating the law by campaigning inside the polling place by shaking hands with voters waiting in line to vote.
Engelbrecht did not know the whole story of what happened other than the poll watcher complaining.
Liberty Pundits had a fuller account from their sources who asked for anonymity for their safety:
So the source, a poll watcher, went into the room housing the voting booths and there stood Congresswoman Lee shaking hands with voters and greeting others–clearly electioneering. The poll watcher then went to one of the clerks and asked the presiding judge to take care of it.
While this occurred, the poll watcher heard Lee loudly say to the crowd in the voting area,”I’ve heard a lot of complaints about voter intimidation by poll watchers. I am not going to allow voter intimidation.”
The poll watcher started writing the incident down.
Lee then went to the poll watcher and asked,”What’s your name? Who do you represent?”
A poll watcher is not allowed to speak in the polling area, so directed Congresswoman Lee to the presiding judge. The poll watcher said that Congresswoman Lee indicated that she wanted names to report to the Department of Justice for voter intimidation.
The presiding judge asked Congresswoman Lee to leave.
... This account is backed up by another worker there, an election clerk, who also wished to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. He relayed concern for his safety.
The election clerk described the poll watchers as timid. He said that they stayed out of the way, were quiet and and did not talk to any voters.
He confirms that Congresswoman Lee was, in fact, back near the voting booths and talking to the presiding judge but he did not overhear her conversation but saw her from a distance. He estimated that Sheila Jackson Lee was within 10 feet of the voting machines but was not herself voting. He also witnessed Congresswoman Lee talking to the poll watcher but again, could not hear the contents of the conversation.
The clerk corroborated the poll watcher’s report that there were consistent election law violations in the polling places.
There have been no reports in the media about this reported egregious violation of the law by by a U.S. Congresswoman.
H/t Dan Riehl and BlogHouston.net
Maybe they are assuming that all the voters in those precincts are Democrats and no one will mind.
deport has already stated this, but I thought it would be helpful to cite the election law:
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/EL/htm/EL.61.htm#61.014
Sec. 61.014. USE OF CERTAIN DEVICES.
Perhaps, THIS time the Texas Legislature will have the stones to completely do away with what amounts to affirmative action districts.
Thank you!
She keeps getting elected because she’s in one of the poorest districts in the area. High crime, low income, filthy area where most are on complete government handouts. The only free enterprise going on in that area is selling drugs.
Thanks Arrowhead -
No prob!
NBC Houston does seem to be fairly decent to conservatives - is that your take as well or am I only seeing what I hope to see?
I was going to tell you to ping other Houston area FReepers too.
How do you THINK she gets reelected? What is this thread about??? She CHEATS. Her signs go up everywhere. Her opponents’ signs don’t last the night. She campaigns wherever she wants, including in a polling place. She gets lots of money and she uses it to buy votes, as well as for the care and feeding of the Crown Weave. AND she sticks it to Whitey, which some in her district like.
She is a CANCER in Houston. We have GREAT race relations here for the most part, except for a few rotten apples like Queen Shelia and Quanel X.
Grrrrrd hep us.
Sheila and other government officials might think she’s above the law, but I don’t and I will never accept what she thinks.
More importantly, the United States Constitution doesn’t put her above the law, and the people will never accept the notion that she should be above the law.
That is an idea I like, but they'd have to hogtie all the dims into their chairs in the respective chambers so they can't run to other states and hide.
She shouldn't be above the law, but it's a whole new ballgame in DC since the Obama/Pelosi revolution. The Obama Regime is beneath contempt, and so long as they are in power our Justice Department is a political tool in which all liberals have a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. The key is to take America back for the rule of law first. Then we can prosecute criminals like Sheila Jackson Lee.
Yeah, I feel the same way, but it’s hard to tell. When I spoke to CBS (KHOU) they kinda “brushed me off” a bit. So I’m not expecting too much from them. FOX I called last and told them that NBC and CBS were on it, hoping to make them feel like they needed to catch up. We’ll see if it works.
There is no way...no way, that a woman, with this sense of entitlement and granduer, is not taking money from people, doing dirty land deals, or similar schemes etc..
The hubris will extend throughout her whole life.
That is the only way anything gets done, with video proof.
That funny when I worked the polls during the Bush/Taft years camera and video were allowed in the polling places.We need rid of Jennifer Brunner!
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