Elderly Black Voters Allegedly Intimidated At Their Homes In Texas

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/elderly_black_voters_allegedly_intimidated_at_thei.php

Two middle-aged white Republican activists in Texas allegedly harassed and intimidated at least seven elderly African-American voters at their homes in eastern Texas, according to a complaint filed with the Justice Department on Thursday.

Gerry Hebert, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, submitted a report to DOJ alleging that two unidentified women visited elderly African-American voters at their homes in Bowie County and questioned them about their mail-in ballot applications, Mother Jones first reported.

The women allegedly showed up to 78-year-old Willard Wherry's home and asked him who had helped him fill in his mail-in ballot. "We are just trying to be sure no one is trying to coax someone to vote," one of the woman allegedly told Willard. Other individuals who were allegedly visited by the women were also listed on the complaint.

A GOP candidate for Bowie County Clerk, Natalie Nichols, also allegedly threatened a Bowie County elections official due to her concerns over mail-in ballot fraud.

Lacey Golden, the elections official, said in a statement that Nichols came into the office on Oct. 15 and asked if Golden had verified the signatures on the envelopes of mail-in ballots and grew aggressive.

"I feel she personally threatened me and severely invaded by personal space," Golden wrote. "She told me I was committing fraud by letting that happen, and she had called the about it already."

"I said that we follow the laws and that is the rules we follow. I went to get a file folder for her public info and she followed me and got real close to me and grabbed my arm and told me I better call the SOS to protect myself in a hushed voice," Golden wrote.

Let's List the violent attacks by the Right Wingers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9389907&mesg_id=9389907

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community.

personally intimidating and threatening is not voter fraud, but two black men standing peacefully outside a voting area is...how come???????

like the New Black Panther Party?Justice in America is a myth.

going to lift a finger. They LOVE RWingers and the more batshit crazy, the better!

There is a special place in hell for people who condone and engage in these sorts of things.

The GOP is only following the Jim Crow playbook that hasn't disappeared even in times of modernity. Instead of charging a poll tax or using literacy tests, these assholes simply use strong-arm tactics and manipulation to stop Black people from voting.

When people discuss not having rights, what about the right of these elderly citizens to simply cast a ballot without enduring violence?

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