Texas investigating Democrat's mailers asking non-citizens to register to vote

Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos has asked state Attorney General Ken Paxton to start an investigation into the Democratic Party's efforts to ask non-citizens to sign up to vote. That would be the only way a Democrat would have a chance of winning in the Lone Star State.

"The numerous calls and complaints we have received regarding pre-filled voter registration applications sent to ineligible voters are highly disturbing," Pablos said in a statement Monday.

Mr. Pablos was referring to mailers sent out by the state Democratic Party. It urged people to sign up to vote, and warning about impending deadlines they needed to beat. Interestingly, the mailing included a voter application that already had the boxes pre-checked for age and citizenship.

Hopefully, the investigation will also look into possible voters who have died over the last several decades, when Social Security numbers were issued.

Some of the mail was sent to non-citizens, which makes them ineligible. Can you hear it now: "Oops, that was just an oversight."

The mailings were sent from the state party, but had pre-addressed return envelopes addressed to election officials, making it seem as if the communication were official from the state.

Encouraging fraudulent voter registration is a crime, but officials said they would have to first investigate to know if the Democrats crossed that line.

The Washington Times reported about the mailings last week when Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed complaints with prosecutors in two Texas counties. PILF praised the secretary of state's request for an investigation.

"The Texas Democratic Party had no business altering voter registration forms," PILF spokesman Logan Churchwell said. "The party apparently does not grasp the lifelong consequences their actions can carry against affected immigrants--yet it was willing to risk them to squeeze votes for an overhyped Senate race."

The Democratic Party refused to allow any media to question them and insisted questions be emailed.

The Washington Times did, in fact, email them questions, but they too have not been answered.

When a reporter went to the state Democratic Headquarters, a sign was hung outside that read: "Will return in 15 minutes," but they never returned and the reporter thought he saw someone peeking through the blinds and movement by the dumpster.


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