This is what you get with heavily gerrymandered districts like Texas. Tyrants like AG Ken Paxton keep getting elected and anoint themselves as kings. The nation’s oldest Latino civil rights organization, LULAC, is one of several entities in Texas targeted in voter fraud raids led by Paxton. Via CBS News:
In a letter first obtained by CBS News, LULAC requested that the Justice Department investigate Paxton’s office for Voting Rights Act violations. The organization is accusing Paxton’s office of carrying out illegal searches premised on voter fraud.
[…] “Attorney General Paxton is using his position of authority to harass and intimidate Latino non-profit organizations like LULAC, Latino Leaders and LULAC members,” Juan Proaño, LULAC’s CEO told CBS News, calling the state AG’s effort “point-blank” voter intimidation. “It is evident through his pattern of lawsuits, raids, searches, and seizures that he is trying to keep Latinos from voting.”
Proaño said one of those targeted was Lidia Martinez, an 87-year-old who lives in San Antonio. Martinez has been a LULAC member for over 35 years and works to expand voter registration among seniors and veterans in South Texas.
She said that last Tuesday, there was a knock on her door in the morning, and she was greeted by nine officers in tactical gear and firearms who said they were executing a search warrant. Martinez was questioned for over three hours about her voter registration efforts in Texas.
An 87-year-old woman made to stand outside in her nightgown, surrounded by men in military gear while they bark questions at her. That’s what passes for voter integrity in Texas.
