in Houston, Texas
Watchdog voter investigation airs on Channel 2 newscast
Thursday, Oct 09, 2008, 11:09PM CST
By Jennifer Peebles
Texas Watchdog's investigation into ballots cast in the names of dead Houston voters was in the spotlight on Thursday's 10 p.m. newscast by KPRC Local 2 Investigates.

Our own Trent Seibert was among those quoted in the Channel 2 report, along with Houstonians Henderson Hill Jr. and Alexis Guidry, both of whom had family members whose identities were used to cast ballots after their deaths.

"This is a red flag. No matter where you are, this should set off alarm bells," Seibert said. "Someone needs to take a look at this."

Read our complete story at this link, with the database of Texas Watchdog's voter roll analysis -- and see Channel 2's report here.

Photo by flickr user mamamusings, used via the Creative Commons license.
Comments
Discouraged
Friday, 10/10/2008 - 08:38AM

Can someone define the party affiliation of the fraudulaent registrationgs?

Colin Killian
Friday, 10/10/2008 - 10:53AM

It's evident to me what party would benefit from this, which is why that party is not mentioned. If it was the GOP, this would be one of the top stories on the network news tonight! That fact that it's not tells you all you need to know.

Outraged
Friday, 10/10/2008 - 12:02PM

The left can not win on the war of ideas, so they resort to stealing the election. In the state of Indiana 105% of the population are registered to vote! You have to laugh to keep from crying. Every state in the union needs to vigilantly address the fraud that is going on, not just the battleground states. Congress needs to get the message, NO MORE TAXPAYER FUNDED ACORN!!

louisstocker
Friday, 10/10/2008 - 02:24PM

We need a picture voter ID card! For example, in Mexico, all registered voters have a picture ID that is match to a photo ID register at their equivalent polling place. We are Americans and live in the greatest country that has blessed this planet with. We should be setting the example that America's position in the world demands. This is the kinda of crap you here about in countries with dictatorships.

YoungGOP
Friday, 10/10/2008 - 05:43PM

@Discouraged

It doesn't matter which party affiliation fraudulent voting or voter registration occurs under. It only matters that it happens. If Republicans benefitted, I want that fixed - that's not the Grand Old Party I want to be a part of. All I hear from Democrats during elections past is there's "no widespread evidence of fraud." That argument falls on its face for 2 reasons.

1. Why do you need evidence of activity prior to implementing something that will prohibit it? Why not take a *proactive* approach to keeping our voting process as legit as possible.

2. Oh, hey. I guess this election may show the widespread evidence needed, regardless of who benefitted from it.

P.S. electronic voting is a complete non-starter. Academic teams have already done an A-to-Z hack of Sequoia (Diebold) voting systems used in many areas.

www.cs.ucsb.edu/~seclab/projects/voting/

LONG LIVE VOTER ID AND PAPER BALLOTS!

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