A federal judge has ruled that parts of the Texas voter security law SB1 is unconstitutional, and Texas can no longer investigate voter assistance efforts as a criminal act.
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Try telling the Democrats that as the thousands they tried to use in the last major election was called out because they did not try to hide it. Just check out all the problems with voters all across the eastern seaboard.
Precincts? Ha! Try the entire eastern seaboard! But no matter! Even though it's established that the Democrats were cheating no one wants to believe the truth any more.
This story is about citizens.
Often people assume that these investigations have to do with non-citizens trying to vote, because that's the only way the implied criminality makes sense, but no, this is about trying to help citizens get registered to vote.
Well on that note, I say if the are legally allowed to be there for election purposes, then let them do the job. But I have seen cases where the workers at the poll where not even citizens. An that just ain't right.
I encourage you to read the judge's opinion. It's linked in the article. You have to skim past all the citations, but it's otherwise quite plainly written.
+ I expect @npr.org to treat official government sources like state AGs as legitimate or at least potentially reliable
But now a federal judge has ruled + I expect NPR to treat the judicial ruling as a higher authority than Paxton, tho skeptical reporting on judges is also part of reporting
Agree. @npr.org R has a role here to make it better. They might consider scare quotes for "fraud" or something like so-called fraud or baseless fraud. Lots of options but false charges should not be repeated.
and @texaspublicradio.bsky.social has some great journalists. I agree Dan's piece was solid and I also admire the work of Toluwani Osibamowo on this same story. Wish the reporters would post here as well as X.
The journalists rarely control the headlines AND they change over the course of the day to get more hits. Legacy papers not above putting in any word that helps hits. WaPo reporter wrote about me - print version had great title. Online title had "liberal professor" in headline 🙄 just to get hits.
I read the whole opinion. It is brutal. He ruled against the state on every single issue, and rightly so. They actually tried to claim the statute was "crystal clear" when their own witnesses couldn't agree on what it meant!
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If they are not citizens they should not be able to vote.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/26/nx-s1-5090065/this-latino-civil-rights-group-is-fighting-back-against-a-texas-voter-fraud-probe
Often people assume that these investigations have to do with non-citizens trying to vote, because that's the only way the implied criminality makes sense, but no, this is about trying to help citizens get registered to vote.
Your reporter Dan Katz doesn't say there's a legit investigation of fraud afaict
+ I expect @npr.org to treat official government sources like state AGs as legitimate or at least potentially reliable
But now a federal judge has ruled + I expect NPR to treat the judicial ruling as a higher authority than Paxton, tho skeptical reporting on judges is also part of reporting
the reporter for @texaspublicradio.bsky.social, Dan Katz, wrote a good story imo
headline writer failed to be truly mindful and demure