TJMS: Acts Of Voter Intimidation Already Being Reported
November 2nd is only a week away and there are already complaints alleging acts of voter intimidation in Texas. Roland Martin talks with the General Counsel of the Texas Democratic Party, Chad Dunn about the claims.
Chad Dunn explains that the King Street Patriots, a major Tea Party organization in Texas, has sent groups of “poll watchers” to African-American and Latino polling locations to engage in voter intimidation. According to Dunn, these “poll watchers” use hand signals to communicate with each other, huddle behind voters and stand over voters while they are trying to get checked in. This practice has been noted according to Dunn as taking place in Houston and in Dallas.
Poll watchers are allowed to stand anywhere in the polling location to observe the activity but they cannot interact with the voters in any kind of way to make voters feel intimidated. They cannot stand close enough to where they can see someone’s ballot selections.
Listen to Roland Martin’s entire TJMS interview with Chad Dunn, General Counsel of the Texas Democratic Party.
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