Texas Republicans Look to Usurp Power of Local Prosecutors Who Don't Pursue Their Voter Fraud Agenda

[douglas9]

Under new legislation proposed in Texas, the state’s Republican attorney general could send prosecutors from neighboring counties to investigate suspected cases of voter fraud in the state’s large Democratic counties.

The bill is one of at least nine filed in Texas since the November midterm elections that would increase criminal penalties for voting-related infractions or extend law enforcement’s ability to investigate voters, signaling an intensification of what is already one of the most threatening waves of voter suppression in decades.

Another proposal would allow the attorney general to remove from office a district attorney who chooses not to prosecute election crimes, effectively stripping local prosecutors of discretion over how they use their office’s resources.

The two bills targeting district attorneys, introduced by Reps. Keith Bell and Bryan Slaton, respectively, would set the stage for Republican interference in the state’s Democratic urban centers, as top GOP officials continue to push the myth that widespread voter fraud is undermining elections.

https://www.dcreport.org/2023/01/13/texas-republicans-look-to-usurp-power-of-local-prosecutors-who-dont-pursue-their-voter-fraud-agenda/

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. So the criminal AG, SHITHEAD PAXTON, will be usurping legitimate law enforcement. Fucking Texas.

You can’t make this shit up. Failed state, shithole all the way.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Texas is AFRAID to say this....WE DO NOT WANT DEMOCRATS VOTING! PERIOD!

That is exactly what they are saying when they do shit like this. Paxton and the rest of the Texas officials need to be called out n this by the Press and citizens alike.

1st Amendment! What are they going to do? Arrest people for exercising their 1st Amendment right?

[They_Live]

3. Oh are they talking about the election stolen

from Beto? ?