Posted on 10/27/2020 7:08:27 AM PDT by The Houston Courant
On Oct. 13, Texas polls opened for the first day of early voting and predictably, there were enthusiastic reports of record early totals. Information is good, but information without context might yield some incorrect assumptions.
Only a few counties throughout the state have fully reported this year’s election in-person and mail-in voting totals, and comparisons to previous years are difficult due to the additional seven early voting days. Texas is a rapidly growing state, so it stands to reason that there should be a record number of voters exercising their rights each year, simply thanks to in-migration to the state. A new voter wave, is not we are actually seeing, as my colleague noted in The Federalist recently.
But no media outlets are reporting the concerning amounts of funds coming into the state of Texas to influence the vote, under the guise of public/private partnerships assisting county elections administrators to perform “their public duties.” These grants take the form of everything from get-out-the-vote efforts, and voter registration, to promotion of mail-in ballot applications and their collection (which if done by anyone other than a family member, or with any compensation, is illegal in Texas).
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