We’ll file this under “Waiting with bated breath for it to happen:”
House Elections Chairman Leo Berman, R-Tyler said he plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott to respond to allegations of partisan favoritism presented to his committee by Gerald Hebert, head of litigation at the Campaign Legal Center.
Gerry Hebert gave great testimony before the House Elections Committee last Friday as the Committee held hearings on its interim charges related to Voter ID:
Hebert complained to Berman’s committee last week that Abbott has prosecuted Texans “who appear to have done little more than mistakenly help senior citizens by delivering already completed and sealed ballots to the post office or an elections administrative office.”
Of 13 voter fraud-related indictments, virtually all are African Americans or Hispanic senior citizens, Hebert noted.
He told the committee: “What is especially troubling is that while Greg Abbott’s office has prosecuted minority seniors for simply mailing ballots, he has not prosecuted anyone on the other side of the aisle for what appear to be open and shut cases of real voter fraud.”
Hebert told the committee about alleged voter fraud in heavily Republican Highland Park involving the mishandling of over 100 ballots and a memo from local prosecutors calling on Abbott to investigate the 2005 complaint. He explained that the attorney general’s office handed off the complaint to the Texas secretary of state “for evaluation of as potential criminal prosecution.”
He called that “a stalling tactic” because it is the AG’s office that evaluates criminal prosecution.
Of course, as of yesterday, the AG’s office hadn’t received any request from Berman’s office to actually act upon (no surprise). If the AG ever gets the Berman request, and assuming they respond (they claim they will, when they get the request), I’m sure the AG’s office will simply deny the charges.
February 12, 2008 at 3:25 am
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 8, 2008 at 12:26 am
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 6, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 5, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 5, 2008 at 11:09 am
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 4, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 4, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 4, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based. ©2008 BlueBloggin. All Rights Reserved.. ShareThis
February 4, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
February 4, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News sent people to his other blog for a lesson in how to put someone to sleep with government lies about economics, among other items. Vince at Capitol Annex wonders ifState Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) will actually make good on his claimthat he will ask AG Greg Abbott to answer to charges that his “voter fraud” prosecutions are race-based.
January 28, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Berman Claims He Will Ask AG To Respond To Allegations Of “Partisan Favoritism”Submitted by: CapitolAnnex on 1/31/08 via feed from Capitol Annex We’ll file this under “Waiting with bated breath for it to happen :” House Elections Chairman Leo Berman, R-Tyler said he plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott to