Thousands of Students March 7 Miles To Vote

[kster]

CROOKS AND LIARS

By: Nicole Belle on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 at 7:15 PM -

Early voting starts today in Texas. In Waller County, a primarily rural county about 60 miles outside Houston, the county made the decision to offer only one early voting location: at the County Courthouse in Hempstead, TX, the county seat.

Prairie View A&M students organized to protest the decision, because they felt it hindered their ability to vote. For background, Prairie View A&M is one of Texas’ historically Black universities. It has a very different demographic feel than the rest of the county. There has been a long history of dispute over what the students feel is disenfranchisement. There was a lot of outrage in 2006, when students felt they were unfairly denied the right to vote when their registrations somehow did not get processed.

According to an article in today’s Houston Chronicle:

Waller County has faced numerous lawsuits involving voting rights in the past 30 years and remains under investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Office based on complaints by local black leaders. Those allegations, concerning the November 2006 general election, related to voting machine failures, inadequate staffing and long delays for voting results.











http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/19/thousands-of-students-march-7-miles-to-vote/

[kster]

1. Already posted here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4675112

[samdogmom]

2. Wow! Just Wow!

Good for the students! I hope they all got to vote! And, shame on Waller County, TX--what an embarrassment! All involved should be ashamed!