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The U.S. Justice Department has announced it will send agents to monitor some polling places in Texas after tea party and Republican Party-certified poll challengers allegedly harassed dozens of early voters and poll officials.
Tea party activists are fanning out across the U.S. to join Republican and Democratic volunteers in monitoring the polls against cases voter fraud.
The allegations reflect concerns expressed in a recent Brennan Center for Justice report, suggesting that efforts to counter the rare issue of voter fraud may actually discourage legitimate voters from casting their ballots.
The DOJ is also reportedly investigating allegations of voter harassment by aggressive tea party “ballot security” or anti-voter fraud poll watchers who have been “hovering over” voters, disrupting lines of voters and arguing with election officials.
Harris County, the largest county in Texas, is home to the tea party-aligned King Street Patriots, whose “True the Vote” videos on YouTube have emphasized concerns that the election could be “stolen” by the “radical liberals” through voter fraud.
The Texas Independent has been covering this issue in depth. Here are some links to their coverage:
Coverage of the King Street Patriots: http://www.americanindependent.com/tag/king-street-patriots
The Texas Independent was the first to report DOJ involvement in Houston on Oct. 19:
And the first to report DOJ was sending poll watchers to Houston yesterday Nov. 1:
Here’s the latest story on Texas poll watcher watching:
