What do you think noncitizens to falsely register to vote and then actually cast ballots in person?
“Texans will never tolerate the contamination of our elections, and public officials who engage in voter fraud will certainly be held accountable, as today’s verdict shows,” said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. “I am grateful for the assistance of Calhoun County District Attorney Dan Heard, as well as Jackson County District Attorney Bobby Bell in prosecuting this case.”
The Calhoun County District Attorney’s office received a complaint about Briseno’s activities then sought assistance from Attorney General Abbott. The resulting investigation with Calhoun County District Attorney Heard showed that Briseno, who was running for the office of county justice of the peace at the time, made it possible for noncitizens to falsely register to vote and then actually cast ballots in person during the primary, based on her advice.
Last month, Briseno’s trial was moved from Calhoun County to Jackson County on a change of venue motion.
Briseno was also indicted last August on charges of tampering with a government record, a state jail felony, which will be prosecuted separately. On those occasions, she visited local residents who were noncitizens and assisted them with voter registration. She represented to them that they needed only a valid driver’s license to become registered to vote as a U.S. citizen. She filled out the portion of the registration application inquiring of citizenship and affirmatively marked that these individuals were United States citizens.
Today’s verdict exemplifies yet another effort by Attorney General Abbott to crack down on voter fraud in Texas. Earlier this month, five Starr and Hidalgo County residents were indicted in Brooks County on various charges of voter fraud for their conduct during the 2006 election cycle. A grand jury returned felony indictments against the five defendants in an investigation that began with a complaint filed by Starr County Elections Administrator. That case is ongoing.
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Vote fraud probed in Bexar (330 Illegal Aliens)
San Antonio Express ^ | June 8, 2007 | Guillermo X. Garcia
A Bexar County review that apparently found illegal voting by undocumented immigrants has triggered a county investigation of voter fraud and a federal probe of false citizenship claims.
County and federal officials acknowledged this week that they are looking into whether up to 41 non-citizens voted illegally in San Antonio, some repeatedly, in more than a dozen local, state and federal elections between 2001 and this year.
Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed's office has joined the investigation, which began in late May when the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement requested a report prepared by Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen.
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Texas recently tried to pass a law to require ID to vote. The democrats fought it tooth and nail. claimed it might keep some people from voting. Evenyone knows wny too, its so illegals can vote and we all know they vote democrat so they can keep getting their social programs.
They should have their @SS locked up, and throw away the key!!
I think it makes the defeat of the amendment to the Senate Immigration bill that would have required proof of citizenship to vote all the more thought provoking.
I'm surprised she wasn't a Republican.
They should have the same laws we have in Wisconsin for voting and that wouldn't happen.ANYONE who misuses our voting system should go to prison for a long time.
this is exactly what the pro-illegal types are looking for- illegal voters. why else would they be pro-amnesty? oh yeah and big business as well.
smoke 'em all, and they can all.
EAT ME.
You're joking. You mean you can actually register to vote in the USA even though you're not American? There is something really wrong with a system that allows that.
Since they have actually broken the law within the country, they should be deported.
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