Texas Republican wants house to appoint him despite election results

The criminal MF's could care less about democracy.

will do as they want to.

For reference, see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1019826

what else would you expect from this gang of thugs?
They want a one-party state and will stop at nothing to get there.
The fucking bastards.

The last time this mechanism was used (unfortunately by a Democrat) it did not work. The worst that the House can do is order an new election and we will do our best to make sure that Vo wins by a larger margin. If the GOP is arrogant to try this, then we need to get behind Vo and keep the GOP from stealing this election.

like they did in the redistricting adventure. Tom Delay to the rescue.

This is nauseating.

Little more than fascists. How are we suppose to stop all this shit?

Hi all,

I agree that bringing it to the House where your party is the majority is not ideal at all. I would support any effort on the State or local level to recount or investigate fruad, and a new election in that race would be warranted if the irregularities could have caused this fella a loss.

Just remember that the important thing for all of us is a and consistency and equal protectionb through the process. It doesn't do anyone any good to only support these conditions and values on a party basis.

Bringing it to the House seems dirty, but let's ask to see the allegations ourselves. No, I do not want to see one more Republican on the hill right now, but then again I am not in this individuals District, he would not represent me, and frankly it is not my say.

Just think folks, we have numerous instances were Republicans will support fair, accurate and transperent elections when it benefits their interest. Let's remind them how important consistency and equal protection are in upholding our democratic values. Bush writes letter talking about fair elections in Ukraine. Senator Logan of Indiana challenges Ukraine election based on exit poll data. Washinton governor's race flips to the Republicans by 42 votes after a recount. And now this.

We have plenty that shows that they support these conditions and values when it is them. Let's remind them that these values count when it is not them as well.

Just some thoughts...

Warmly,

George

At least you won't be seeing them on Capitol Hill since it's a state legislature race.

Don't lefties in Texas have bigger worries? Like being hunted down and mounted on a wall?

(edited to clarify comment)

What Heflin is asking is that the Texas legislature, which has a 87-62 Republican majority (a majority largely attributable to illegally funneled PAC money, I might add), declare the results of the election invalid. Despite Vo's win-- Heflin is asking the very partisan Texas legislature to ignore the results of the election and just declare Heflin re-elected.

If Heflin can't get that, he wants a second bite at the apple-- a brand new election where he might actually win.

A candidate for election in Texas who wishes to allege a miscount or other voting irregularity is allowed to request a hand recount. In 1997, our former gov. * signed into law a bill endorsing the use of hand recounts in a closely contested elections in Texas. The bill, "HB 331", amended a law that mandates that representatives of all parties be present to prevent fraud.

Heflin is asking for much more than just a hand recount. He wants a complete end-run around the fact that he lost the election to Hubert Vo. It is a total crock of you-know-what!

with lots of cc's--

Rep. Tom Craddick
Speaker of the House
State Capitol 1W.9
Austin, Texas 78701

Re: Talmadge Heflin’s Efforts to Unseat Hubert Vo
Dear Mr. Craddick,

I read with great dismay that State Rep. Talmadge Heflin will ask the state House of Representatives today to overturn the results of his failed re-election bid in House District 149 and either order him returned to the Legislature or call for a new election. I urge you to deny this request, as it is an outrageous attempt to circumvent the majority wishes of the district’s voters.

If simple respect for democracy is insufficient reason to deny Mr. Heflin’s request, you should focus on the implications that granting Mr. Heflin’s request would have upon the public’s perception of the Republican Party, both inside and outside Texas.

The Republican Party of Texas is already viewed as extremely partisan and unfair. The redistricting engineered by the Texas legislature may have successfully rid the state of several Democratic US representatives, but it has left much of the state—both Democrat and Republican—with a sour taste for this kind of dirty, below-the-belt, (and probably illegal) fight. This perception will only be magnified, and rightfully so, if the Republican majority in the Texas House denies Hubert Vo his rightfully earned seat as decreed by the voters of his district.

It would be an even worse move to try to unseat Mr. Vo given his Asian heritage and extensive support in the Asian community. It is well known that the Republican Party of Texas has made extensive and so far successful efforts to woo Asian voters. Denying Mr. Vo his rightfully earned seat in the Texas House would clearly undermine those efforts and impede Republican inroads made with this rapidly growing and powerful voting group.

All Texans, and indeed the world, are watching as you, Tom DeLay and others are under investigation in Travis County for taking and illegally redistributing campaign contributions. As I am sure you are aware, Common Cause and other public interest groups have publicly requested that you step down for, among other things, accepting large amounts of money from Mr. DeLay’s Texans for a Republican Majority PAC, which your campaign aides then distributed to Republican House candidates. Denying Mr. Vo his seat will merely add gallons more fuel to these already blazing legal and public relations fires.

Again, I urge you to respect the will of the voters and to deny Mr. Heflin’s request.

Sincerely,

"TEXAS LAWYER"

Now since I got out into the world, I think like a normal person-I think-maybe a few quirks remain, but on the whole, I think I have overcome my raisin'. I still call myself a true American.

but sadly if they can start doing this on local levels they will try to move out to bigger levels.

I thought i read in one of these discussion boards that chimpy got the largest percentage of new voters from Texas.

I'm a new voter and I voted for Kerry

I registered 600 new voters, mostly in Channelview Texas-- the epicenter of redneck-ism. I even did most of my registrations at a Wal-Mart-- the heart of political darkness!

And still-- I don't think I registered a single Repub. Even a Timothy McVeigh look-alike with swastikas tattooed on his arms grabbed a registration form and said--"We've got to get rid of #%^&!* Bush."

I really think Harris County went Democratic, but of course there's no way to prove that.

my guess is yes

Oh yeah, he's a repuke, MSM hounds will be all over this.