Texas cops arrest Democratic campaign worker after asking his candidate's party affiliation
DAVID BADASH, THE NEW CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 11 OCT 2018 AT 14:46 ET
Law enforcement officials in Waller County, Texas, on Wednesday reportedly arrested Jacob Aronowitz, a field director for Democratic U.S. House candidate Mike Siegel (photo), after asking Siegel’s political affiliation.
What did Aronowitz do to get arrested?
He delivered a letter from Siegel to a clerk on the county executive’s staff. The letter was a proposed solution to the local government’s attempts to prevent students from a historically black university, Prairie View A&M University, from voting.
Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall first reported the news, and interviewed Aronowitz by phone on Wednesday.
Noting the attempts by the local government to prevent students from Prairie View A&M from voting goes back decades, Marshall notes there was even a Supreme Court case in 1979 over their voting rights. He adds that the students are now facing “a new set of obstacles” imposed by county officials.
Prairie View A&M has about 9500 students. About 60 percent are women and over 80 percent are Black. Waller County has about 43,500 residents, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/texas-cops-arrest-democratic-campaign-worker-asking-candidates-party-affiliation/
