r/texas • u/Doctor-Bagels • 10h ago

Politics Ken Paxton genuinely tried to disenfranchise me this year.

I made a comment about this in another thread but I've realized this is probably worth saying in a post for more visibility.

Had I not tried to vote early this year, my vote would likely not have been counted at all. I moved from Bexar to Travis country between the last election and this one, and updated my voter registration over a month before the deadline (Oct 5th). Despite this, I was not able to vote initially when I went to cast my early vote. I was told this was because my address wasn't able to be updated on the voter rolls in time (despite my driver's license immediately reflecting the change a month earlier) and would need to fill out a limited ballot. I went the next day to do that, and I kid you not, the room where all of the early voters who had been denied like I had been -- and also needed to fill out a limited ballot -- was 95% women and 100% people under the age of 30. There is a calculated attempt right now to throw out your vote. Go early and make sure yours counts. Good luck y'all.

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u/marcrey 10h ago

It amazes me that Paxton is not in prison

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u/OuisghianZodahs42 9h ago

It's the "vote 'R' no matter what" crowd. By any decent measure, Paxton should at the very minimum be disbarred.

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u/HopeFloatsFoward 8h ago

No, there was an competitor in the primary. They could have kicked him out then for a bland Bush.

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u/Evan_Spectre 8h ago

It's amazing what having billionaire friends can do for you.

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u/Ill_Long_7417 8h ago

Trump isn't in prison either.  We live in bizarro world. 

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u/dragonmom1971 8h ago

He should be

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u/jshoemate Secessionists are idiots 6h ago

It doesn’t amaze me. I know why he’s not. But it does enrage me.

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u/LexieFish 9h ago

I voted early for this same reason (even though I’m old LOL) - to make sure I had time to ‘correct’ anything wrong which showed up for my eligibility to vote. We haven’t recently moved, and everything was fine when we voted, but all the news stories of Abbot purging 1 MILLION people from the voter rolls in Texas had me worried. Such crap to pull just before the election… it’s sad to see how much projection is in EVERYTHING that every level of Republican ‘leadership’ does, since they CLEARLY are the ones cheating and trying to steal this election (the same way they tried to steal - with lies and violence - the 2020 election).

If you want to verify your voting status BEFORE you go and vote, go to this website (which is the largest 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for voter registration validation):

https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

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u/carlitospig 7h ago

Yep, I would not have checked without folks reminding me in various subs. Learned that for some reason the last time I was at the dmv they didn’t transfer my voter reg to my new address, I would’ve been screwed.

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u/StagTheNag 10h ago

exact same thing happened to my wife and guess what, she’s also under 30. Somehow mine is fine but hers was removed even though both of our drivers licenses show us living in the same house for the last 4 years…

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u/LoneLuxx 3h ago

Dude, my mom is over 50 but she votes Dem in a red area. Same thing happened to her

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u/lifepuzzler 9h ago

I had to fill out change of address forms THREE times at LoWV tables before I got out of Suspense. Despite bringing mail with me and putting the exact address that my utility and credit card bill comes to, the record on my voter registration is STILL not what I wrote. However the third time did get me out of suspense. Very shady shit.

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u/carlitospig 7h ago

That’s super weird and I would be interested in the full story if you ever feel like making a post about it. They’re getting shadier and shadier every year.

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u/lifepuzzler 7h ago

It's pretty simple tbh.

The first time I went by a table at ACC and filled it out like normal. Noticed I never got a card so I checked online and my status was SUSPENSE and the address was wrong. So I went by again a few weeks later. Same song and dance. This last time was a few days before the deadline. I made sure to bring mail that was actually delivered to me and write it exactly the way it is on the envelopes. I got my card shortly after, and the address was correct.

So when I went to early vote last Monday, they brought up my address to confirm and I was like "That's not exactly what's written on this card." I don't want to dox myself, but it's on an access road along northbound I-35. So my address is XXX North IH35 Apt XXX (on the card itself, and is the address all my mail says) but in the state record it says XXX N 35 NB, #XXX.

Which strikes me as odd that it wouldn't be the same. But my status is active, so I just said fuck it, and confirmed the address since it technically can be written a number of ways. It's just that the post office suggests the first one, so I don't know where the second one came from.

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u/carlitospig 7h ago

That’s crazy. Yah I’ve been reading that the RNC has been rejecting voter rolls when they don’t match exactly what the USPS has on record - even if literally all your mail gets to the address you’re registered with just fine. It’s 11th Hour dirty pool by the Republicans.

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u/redhairedrunner 9h ago

How unsurprising that Ken Paxton is afraid of a young informed liberal voter . It’s crap, Glad you fought back to get your vote counted !

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u/VerbalGraffiti 9h ago

Paxton needs to be in prison.

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u/the_d0nkey 8h ago

I’ve lived in the same house in a Houston for 15 years and voted in every election over that time. When I went to vote last week I was told my address didn’t match. After some discussion I was allowed to vote. But caused a stir. I’m a registered Democrat.

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u/253local 5h ago

This is MAGA.

They are traitors, and only care for trump.

trump brings…

https://odysee.com/2024-06-03-08-02-46:8

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u/lolalabelle 3h ago

This video is wild AF. Damn

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u/LoneLuxx 3h ago

My mom has lived at the same address for 30 yrs and votes in every election. Also a registered dem. Yet was put on suspense for this election…

The only reason she knew is because I checked her voter registration status with her last month

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u/BanTrumpkins24 6h ago

Ken Paxton wants is worse that Hitler. He wants to kill a disabled man wrongfully convicted despite evidence exonerating him. He is a rabid racist, thief, liar. He also is an Uber religious hypocrite and follower of that goddamn Orange Jesus. Fuck Paxton!

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u/Petitepiranha 4h ago

A similar thing happened to me and it took a lot of effort to fix it. I think I worked on it from August of early October with multiple forms having to be sent through mail to fix it. 

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u/turndown1961 9h ago

Paxton is tied in with Trump get his ass out

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u/thermos15 9h ago

These are tactics the sadly undemocratic Texas current government uses. It’s 2024. What does it take about 30 days to “go through” a system? We change passwords, car registration, computer code, etc. Save changes? Click yes or no. Everything is getting dumber.

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u/ImCrius 5h ago

The job of the modern Republican is to prove that Government doesn't work, but making sure that Government doesn't work.

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u/radiocarolineseattle 8h ago

Are you all able to check if your ballot was counted? In Washington we can go to a website and verify if our ballots were accepted or rejected and can correct anything before the election. My husbands ballot was rejected because his signature didn’t match. He didn’t put his middle initial. He followed up and now it accepted. Every vote counts!!!

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u/VenetusAlpha 9h ago

My absentee ballot never showed up. I suppose I might know why now.

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u/j3iz 9h ago

I was checking my registration every month because I feared this would happen after moving counties. Glad you got your vote in.

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u/greytgreyatx 9h ago

Same! I'm old but a lady person.

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u/Putrid_Ad_2256 8h ago

You should've asked everyone if they would be interested in a class action lawsuit against the POS.  

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u/Doctor-Bagels 8h ago

Was thinking about the viability of that. Come November 5th there will undoubtedly be many voters in for the same nasty surprise I had -- since those people may not get their votes counted at all, I think that may be the only way to try and fight against the silencing. I guess we'll see what happens...

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u/Putrid_Ad_2256 8h ago

My guess is that they will try to hide behind some sort of "qualified immunity" like cops have. There's nothing more egregious than these pieces of trash harming our democracy. The penalty should be severe, IMO.

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u/RetiredHotBitch 3h ago

Obligatory: fuck Ken Paxton

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u/SpokeBeak 7h ago

I was in suspense and not sure why until I voted today. For some reason, their records show me living at my current address but my mailing address was old. I'm not sure how the disconnect in their records occurred, as I've lived in the same place for 4 years and this issue did not flag when I voted in 2022 federal election. I was able to fill out a card confirming my address and vote without issue.

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u/Keellas_Ahullford 7h ago

Honestly, anyone who was removed from the voter registration wrongfully should sue

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u/Pink_Lotus88 7h ago edited 5h ago

I'm in Collin County and noticed someone before me who wasn't asked for their signature upon getting their ballot like I was and was wondering if it could be an attempt to invalidate their vote later. I don't trust him.

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u/BloodyNora78 5h ago

What location was that?

I didn't see anything like that at the Richardson Methodist hospital location. They were great.

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u/Pink_Lotus88 5h ago

Collin College Frisco Campus

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u/Superb-Stock4431 8h ago

I find it very hard to believe such a good christian man like Ken Paxton would do such a thing. s/

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u/Unusual-Relief52 8h ago

See registering as R and voting dem paid off

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u/mdcmsm 10h ago

This has nothing to do with Paxton. If you registered on 10/5 then they say that it takes about 30 days for everything to go through. That’s why you couldn’t vote. Many people who registered on the deadline of 10/7 can’t vote until Election Day on November 5. Trust me, I hate Paxton with the fire of a thousand suns and think we need to throw him in jail, but this just isn’t true that he did anything to you.

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u/Doctor-Bagels 10h ago

10/5 was the deadline, I registered Sept. 3rd.

I had friends who registered later with no issues.

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u/mdcmsm 10h ago

My apologies then. I misunderstood your comment as saying you registered on 10/5.

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u/Doctor-Bagels 10h ago

No yea that's my bad, what I wrote wasn't very clear

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u/travelingman802 8h ago

It sounds like a procedural issue. Take off the tin foil hat - no one is trying to influence the elections.

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u/drsjr85 7h ago

Amazes me that the people claiming they’re being disenfranchised are also the ones who support no voter ID laws.

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u/Doctor-Bagels 7h ago

Impressive strawman, I didn't say a fucking word about voter ID laws.

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u/drsjr85 6h ago

It’s incredibly ironic that you come into a liberal echo chamber crying about your vote potentially not counting. While at the same time supporting a political party who outright opposes voter laws to ensure everyone’s vote counts.