'I've never missed a vote': 95-year-old World War II Veteran says his mail-in ballot application has

[douglas9]

HOUSTON – A Harris County man fears new voting laws may prevent him from voting by absentee ballot for the first time in his lifetime.

Kenneth Thompson, 95, has been checking his mail daily in hopes his mail-in ballot is among the pile.

Thompson has been voting since he was 21-years-old, and he even recalls paying a $0.25 poll tax in the 1950?s.

“I’ve been voting many, many years and I’ve never missed a vote,” Thompson said.

Thompson considers voting a duty. He served in the U.S. Army in WWII during the European Theater for the right to vote and other freedoms.

Decades later, the vet fears Texas’ new election law, SB1, could prevent him from voting for the first time in his life.


https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/01/26/ive-never-missed-a-vote-95-year-old-world-war-ii-veteran-says-his-mail-in-ballot-application-has-been-denied-twice-due-to-new-requirements/

[tanyev]

1. Seems like this could affect a lot of GOP voters, too.

Blowback?

[BComplex]

2. He definitely needs to bring a lawsuit. There should be a law office willing to support this.

This should NOT be happening.

[LeftInTX]

4. Yes, some of these people need to sue!!

[BoomaofBandM]

3. The comments to the station are troll filled garbage. I would thank him for his perseverance.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Texas is ground zero for voter suppression

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