Houston's True The Vote Initiative

As cited by Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, Hans A. von Spakovsky of Heritage, writing at Pajamas Media, points out just some of what a grassroots group of concerned citizens has turned up regarding potential voter registration issues in Houston, Texas.

True the Vote reports that at least four noncitizens have been registered to vote in Harris County. The group provided Justice with the actual voter registration forms where applicants marked “NO” to the question: “Are you a U.S. Citizen?” The group also provided the voter registration numbers of these confessed noncitizens. Yes, astonishingly, Harris County registered them to vote anyway. They are now on the rolls and able to participate in the upcoming midterm elections.

There are multiple aspects to this developing story, which may drive some discussion on addressing voting irregularities across the country after November, if not to some extent before the 2nd. Melissa Clouthier of Liberty Pundits has been blogging on the group and on October 22nd posted on an instance where Sheila Jackson Lee appears to have been in violation of election laws.

Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Houston) violated election laws when, on Tuesday, October 19 [corrected: date was wrongly noted as the 18th], she entered into Acres Home Multiservice Community Center, walked to where the voting booths were looking for the poll watchers, greeted voters there, and then found and confronted the poll watchers before being directed to, and then asked by, the presiding judge Bernard Gurski to leave the area.

Additionally, the video tape below purports to show Lee electioneering directly outside a Palm Center polling location. The video is believed to have been made at approximately 4 PM on October 22nd, allegedly placing Lee well inside of a 100 foot limit allowed by law as early voting was going on.

Investigation and analysis of what the well meaning folks at True the Vote has turned up is ongoing by new media resources on the Right.