Texas AG conducts voter fraud raids, Latino group calls it voter intimidation

Karah Rucker

A PROMINENT LATINO ADVOCACY GROUP IS CALLING FOR A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO TEXAS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON FOLLOWING A SERIES OF RAIDS HIS OFFICE CONDUCTED LAST WEEK AS PART OF WHAT IT CALLED A VOTER FRAUD CRACKDOWN.

WHILE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS DEFENDED THE RAIDS – SAYING THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO LEGALLY OBTAIN THE SEARCH WARRANTS –

THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, OR LULAC – WANTS THE DOJ TO INTERVENE AND STOP THE STATE’S RAIDS WHICH THEY SAY ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND A WAY TO INTIMIDATE VOTERS.

LAST WEEK, PAXTON’S OFFICE LAUNCHED UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS INVESTIGATING CLAIMS THAT CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS IN TEXAS WERE UNLAWFULLY REGISTERING NONCITIZENS TO VOTE. 

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, THE “ELECTION INTEGRITY UNIT” IS CONDUCTING THESE OPERATIONS, WITH A FOCUS ON ALLEGATIONS OF ELECTION FRAUD AND BALLOT HARVESTING DATING BACK TO THE 2022 ELECTIONS.

PAXTON’S OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH HAS SPANNED TWO YEARS, PROVIDED ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SECURE THE SEARCH WARRANTS. 

SO FAR NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN CONNECTION WITH THE RAIDS.

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE HELD OUTSIDE PAXTON’S OFFICE IN SAN ANTONIO, LULAC MEMBERS AND DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS CONDEMNED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ACCUSING PAXTON OF ORCHESTRATING A CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION – SPECIFICALLY AGAINST LATINO VOTERS. 

“Attorney general paxton is working to suppress the latino vote using a call for election integrity as a veil for voter information intimidation. Attorney general ken paxton’s tactics will create a chilling effect that will stifle the latino vote this election cycle.”  

LULAC SAYS AT LEAST SIX OF THEIR MEMBERS HAD THEIR HOMES SEARCHED.

AMONG THE HOUSES THAT WERE RAIDED –

THERE WAS AN 87 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM SAN ANTONIO WHO HAD HER PHONE, COMPUTER, PERSONAL CALENDAR, AND BLANK REGISTRATION FORMS CONFISCATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE DOJ HAS NOT COMMENTED ON LULAC’S REQUEST FOR A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE RAIDS.

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