Arrest Throws Texas Voter Registration Dispute Into Further Confusion

on November 8, 2016 in New York, United States.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: Voters cast their ballots at voting booths at PS198M The Straus School on November 8, 2016 in New York City, New York. Americans across the nation are picking their choice for the next pr... NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: Voters cast their ballots at voting booths at PS198M The Straus School on November 8, 2016 in New York City, New York. Americans across the nation are picking their choice for the next president of the United States. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) MORE LESS

A campaign staffer for a Texas Democratic congressional candidate was briefly arrested at the Waller County Courthouse after delivering a letter demanding that the county address problems with the voter registration status of students at Prairie View A&M, a local, historically black university.

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  1. Voting while black. Just asking for trouble.

  2. “Lock him up” ???

  3. Avatar for schmed schmed says:

    Wish you’d stop bein’ so good to me, Cap’n.

  4. What we have here is a failure to not discriminate…

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