Authorities in Taylor County, Texas have opened an investigation into a alleged case of voting scam involving an election volunteer who allegedly attempted to register a small to vote.  ,
According to an Texas Police press release, the investigation began this week after a citizen reported that “one of two major parties” attempted to register the unnamed small at a kiosk at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo.
Reached for comment Thursday, Rick Tomlin, Public Information Officer for the police office, referred The Federalist to the media release. The attorney general’s office, Taylor County Judge Phil Crowley’s business, Taylor County Elections Office, and the attorney general’s office are all linked to the fraud system, which is only provided in limited detail in the speech.
As of Thursday night, no charges had been filed in the case.
Essential Protection
Freda Ragan, Tavlor County Elections executive, told me that relative to some misleading media accounts, the believe was not employed with her business.  ,
” This man does not work in any way for my business or the county”, she said in a telephone interview. The unique, Ragan said, was appointed as a voluntary deputy registration through the Elections workplace. ” I terminated her documentation”.
The suspect wo n’t be involved with Taylor County’s general election process, according to the administrator in a statement. Ragan stated that she is “personally reviewing and vetting” each registration her office receives” to maintain these applications are legal.” She claimed that the programs are then submitted to the Texas Secretary of State for review and verification against state and federal data. Licenses are added to the country’s voter rolls only after the two-step review, according to the election official.  ,
In light of the ongoing research and as a necessary precaution, I have taken these steps but that Citizens of Taylor County may rest assured in the dignity of the November 2024 election, according to Ragan in the assertion. Persons are presumed innocent unless convicted in a Court of Law.
Fertile Ground
Despite the state’s law, some Texas election officials claim that concerned citizens have the right to challenge thousands of voter registrations. In a story this week, True the Vote, the “election integrity watchdog,” complained that” the elections staff who already update the voter rolls regularly are “putting extra work on the election integrity staff.”  ,
Inundated by a flood of illegal immigrants thanks to the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policies, Texas election integrity advocates are understandably concerned about the potential of noncitizens voting in November’s election. According to a Pew Research study, Texas had the second-highest illegal immigration rate in the nation in 2021. Since then, the numbers have only increased.  ,
Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that since he signed significant election law reforms in 2021, Texas has removed more than 6,500 noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls. More than 1 million ineligible voters have been struck from the voter list, the governor said, including individuals who have moved out of state, nearly 460, 000 deceased people, and more than 6, 000 felons.  ,
Left-wing groups are working with the Democratic Party to turn the Lone Star State blue, with a goal of building a “long-term ecosystem of support, resources, and talent” that “wo n’t dissolve into thin air after Election Day”, the Texas Tribune reported in June. At the same time, the Biden-Harris administration has led an unprecedented, taxpayer-funded get-out-the-vote campaign targeting left-leaning voters. The campaign uses state and federal funding to register and mobilize voters.  ,
The election commissioner of Taylor County, Ragan, claimed election fraud in her county is unheard of. However, hawks of election integrity claim that this high-profile presidential election year’s ground is conducive to cheating.  ,
The Abilene Police press release urges citizens to use caution and good judgment in this election cycle, which has been and is still highly contested.  ,
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Matt Kittle covers The Federalist’s senior elections coverage. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.
