politics

Worked the Harris county election return next to the Astrodome during said election and was very impressed with the coordination.

Saw an older gentleman try to surreptitiously film us while talking conspiracy during ballot drop off. Even with those shenanigans there exists no evidence yet the Republicans filed the aforementioned "lawsuits challenging their stolen elections" regardless.

And now they want to wrest control of one of the largest and well oiled election administrations in the nation based on absolutely nothing.

Do they know they are the bureacrates they speak of?

A judge has called a new law unconstitutional that passed in the GOP-led Texas Legislature and will dictate how elections are run in the state’s most populous county, which is a Democratic stronghold and home to Houston.

The law, which would abolish a position that oversees elections in Harris County, was temporarily blocked by state District Judge Karin Crump in Austin after county officials filed a lawsuit earlier this month.

But the judge’s order, issued Monday, was short-lived. It was put on hold on Tuesday after the Texas Attorney General’s Office filed a notice that it will appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

The new law, set to take effect Sept. 1, was pushed through by Republican lawmakers who accused Harris County officials of mismanaging recent elections.

In a statement, the Texas Attorney General’s Office said the new law was passed “to ensure that elections in the state’s largest counties are properly managed by individuals who are accountable to the voters, not by unaccountable bureaucrats.”

The Texas Constitution prevents the Legislature from passing any laws that are not uniform throughout the state and only target a specific location, Crump wrote.

Nonetheless, we are confident this case will go to the Texas Supreme Court and they will rule that (the new law) is constitutional,” said Cindy Siegel, head of the Harris County GOP.

Harris County officials said they planned to ask the Texas Supreme Court to also temporarily block the new law while their lawsuit is litigated.

Almost two dozen Republican candidates have filed lawsuits, alleging their losses in Harris County during last year’s election were due in part to the various problems as well as to illegally cast votes.

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This shit makes me laugh...

Most places you got a relatively small geographical region dictating policy to huge swaths of rural areas, and Texas is down there with the tail wagging the dog instead.

Hopefully it doesn't fly, but objectively, that's some funny shit.

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