Posted on 03/31/2014 6:42:48 AM PDT by george76
Yes, correct.
I suspect the Texas Secretary of State, Director of Elections, Keith Ingram, may be called as a witness in this case. He would be called because the federal HAVA law passed after the Florida fiasco, gave Secretary of States the responsibility for creating a state voter list designed to help counties keep their voter list current. From our Secretary of State website:
“The Elections Division administers and maintains the Texas Election Administration Management (TEAM) System, which is an online, HAVA compliant, voter registration application designed for county officials to maintain accurate and efficient voter registration rolls. Currently, over 200 counties utilize the TEAM application to maintain their daily voter registration requirements. The remaining counties comply with current state and HAVA requirements by updating the state database on a daily basis through a file transfer.”
Here is the HAVA Requirement of a Computerized Statewide Voter Registration System and the Texas State Plan to meet those requirements:
HAVA: (The state shall) “Perform list maintenance to ensure only qualified voters appear on the list, including felons and deaths of registrants.”
Secretary of State response to this requirement:
“State meets this requirement. State receives information from other state agencies regarding deaths and felons and provides this information to county voter registrars on a weekly basis.”
HAVA: (The state shall) “Ensure that only voters who are not registered or who are not eligible are removed from the computerized list.”
Secretary of State response to this requirement:
“State meets this requirement. State law prescribes narrow guidelines regarding canceling a voter's registration. Only when a positive name and identification number match can a voter be canceled. THE LOCAL COUNTY VOTER REGISTRAR, NOT THE STATE, CANCELS VOTERS.” (caps mine)
So, Texas has a system to keep voter lists accurate. They send updated information of deaths and felons to county registrars EVERY WEEK. However, it is ONLY the voter registrar who can actually take a name off, hit “Delete” to remove that name. It appears CINDY MARTINEZ-RIVERA, didn't do that so her list is screwed.
I have lived in smaller counties and dealt politically with courthouse elected officials and they are sometimes elected due to their position in the county, a member of a prominent family who has lived in that county for generations type thing, not their brainpower. I've seen that over and over. So, this Martinez-Rivera person may be one of those and I'd bet a nickel this is the case. (can't bet more than a nickel because income tax is due 16 days from now - please send a care package).
It distresses me that people think every state is crooked and the state doesn't care about fair elections. That is just not the case about Texas and I'm sure others are like that, too. This Zavala County official is not the whole state of Texas. Plus, voters of a county should put smart people in county offices, not vote for someone just because he/she is the daughter/son of a prominent person in that county.
I have never come across a conservative county office holder responsible for elections, who was crooked and I was in numerous counties giving election seminars.
Even 100 percent voter registration doesn't pass the smell test. In a clean, free and voluntary system, there are going to be people legally eligible to register to vote but who simply aren't interested. I believe that the national average is something in area of 70 to 80% of potential legal voters registered. Nothing shady about that.
What is shady is registering people, real or imaginary, who you know aren't going to show up to vote (and voting in their absence) thereby increasing the percentage of registered voters close to 100% or beyond.
True
Many people are suspicious of electronic voting, but there are numerous problems with paper ballots as well. Chain of custody after polls close, counting and recording procedures, number of votes vs. number registered...
Only two instances?
Thanks for your animated "video." But let's not lose sight of the fact that old-fashioned paper ballots (with built in safeguards regarding scrutiny and handling), might be, relatively speaking, the most honest mode of voting, compared to more high tech systems.
Those counties have been “overproducing” votes since at least 1960 to help LBJ get elected VP.
this is illegal
it is a direct link from your ballot to your name
they might as well have just put my name on it before I voted
I live in a conservative area of central south Texas, and yes, we don’t usually see this happening.
The “animated .gif” is just a parody about ‘dead voters’ voting.
LOLOL!!
TY!
Zombie voters !!
Another thing that helps Texas keep their roles some cleaner is the mailing
of a new voter registration card every two years to the voter. It isn’t supposed
to be forwarded if that voter doesn’t live at the mailing address. Thus if that
registration is returned then that name is supposed to be removed from the roles.
I think I’m stating that correctly. If not please correct the procedure. Thanks.
Not Shocked
It’s coming
You are close - if a voter card is returned due to not being able to be delivered, the voter name goes on a “Suspension” list. It stays on the Suspension List for one or two years and I don't remember which, but think two years is the limit but I hate to say two and it be one or three and that means I screwed up and I hate that when it comes to election law (I could look it up in my Texas Election Code law book but I just transplanted a bunch of plants and I'm in my chair under the fan to cool off.) At any rate, after that length of time if there is no resolution about the voter, the name is removed.
That can't happen in Texas as you have to show up at the courthouse to register and prove who you are by having certain documents. If you tried to register as a dead person when you buy license tags on line (motor voter), those names are sent to the election division of the secretary of state to determine if that name is a valid voter - there would be a death certificate for that person.
Other states who allow registration on voting day would also require some identification to prove who you are and your address to determine if you are a valid voter in that precinct.
I think it is Colorado, someone correct me if I have the wrong state, that holds the whole election by mail in ballots - or is that Washington state? I don't believe there are voting precincts open on election day. It might be possible to vote at the courthouse that day, don't know. I also don't know the process there to prevent fraud in that system.
Thanks that is close enough in that the name gets removed
at some point if the issue isn’t cleared up.
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