How Convenient: More “Voter Fraud”

Isn’t it convenient that, just after a session in which voter ID was defeated, more alleged “non-citizens voting” cases suddenly crop up (with scant evidence)? And, just in time for Perry to call a special session on the issue:

Dozens of non-U.S. citizens may have voted in Bexar County elections, a county elections official reported, prompting an investigation by federal and local authorities.

The names of 330 noncitizens on the voter rolls were reported by Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen.

Those named had received jury duty summonses but told the court they weren’t eligible to serve because they were not U.S. citizens.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of the Department of Homeland Security, requested Mr. Callanen’s report in an administrative subpoena. And the Bexar County district attorney’s office is investigating whether as many as 41 of those noncitizens voted in more than a dozen local, state and federal elections since 2001.

“You bet your bottom dollar we’ll prosecute … if we find people voted illegally in violation of the state election code,” Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed said.

The 330 names have since been removed from voter rolls, Mr. Callanen said.

Really? Ever think that maybe they just said they weren’t citizens so they didn’t have to do jury service? Where’s the due process for removing people from the rolls? without a vote.

Democrats said the identification requirements would suppress poor and minority voters and vowed to filibuster the bill – and threaten other bills – if it came up.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and other Republicans argued the measure is needed to combat voter fraud. It had already passed the House.