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Results of key races in Texas' primary elections

Mycroft said:
The primary wasn't without its issues, though.

At one voting location, they only let Democrats vote...Republicans were turned away.
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Any thoughts on why that happened?
 
snakestretcher said:
The poster appears reluctant to reveal where this allegedly happened.
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It did happen.. He is not revealing why because he is unfamiliar with how Texas primaries are conducted or wants to leave the impression something nefarious happened.
 
AG Paxton has been under indictment for 7 years. Is that unusual?
 
Looks like some of our fellow Texas voters on the other side are learning how screwed up Texas voting laws are...



 
j brown's body said:
How long does it take to move on an indictment?
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Over 7 years in Texas if you are the attorney general... Helps to have an affair and get your lover a job in the meantime...
 
BlueTex said:
LMAO... You don't know how Texas primaries work?
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It doesn't matter.

It happened. It shouldn't have happened. The reason it happened was incompetence.

The party rank and file is the ones who suffer because of it.

(This is just another reason why I don't join any party.)
 
Mycroft said:
Of course. Do you want to see it?

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I'll give a little clue here.. Texas primaries are staffed by the PARTY, not county election officials... If the PARTY does not have enough staff at a polling location, you can't vote in that parties primary at that location.

In addition, in some counties, mine for instance, democrats vote at one location and republicans at another... If you show up to the democrat primary voting location to vote in the republican primary, you are going to be turned away. They don't even have ballots for the republican primary at that location.

It sure makes great conspiracy for those who have no idea how Texas primaries work...
 
Mycroft said:
It doesn't matter.

It happened. It shouldn't have happened. The reason it happened was incompetence.

The party rank and file is the ones who suffer because of it.

(This is just another reason why I don't join any party.)
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Incompetence by the PARTY.... You are just demonstrating your lack of knowledge of how primary elections are conducted in Texas. Happened to voters from both parties... Texas primary elections are run by the PARTY.

I can guarantee you that any republican who showed up at the voting location I voted at yesterday in the democratic primary to vote in the republican party was turned away. My location was ONLY for democrat primary voters. They didn't even have ballots for the republican primary.
 
Tender Branson said:
One voting location ?

What about ALL the voting locations where Democratic votes were suppressed by Republicans and their new voter ID law - aimed at keeping Democratic voters away from the polls ?
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Please stop making up foolish stuff.
Thanks
 
BlueTex said:
I'll give a little clue here.. Texas primaries are staffed by the PARTY, not county election officials... If the PARTY does not have enough staff at a polling location, you can't vote in that parties primary at that location.

In addition, in some counties, mine for instance, democrats vote at one location and republicans at another... If you show up to the democrat primary voting location to vote in the republican primary, you are going to be turned away. They don't even have ballots for the republican primary at that location.

It sure makes great conspiracy for those who have no idea how Texas primaries work...
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I think I implied that it was the parties who were incompetent. Perhaps I should have been more clear. In any event, I didn't say a word about "county election officials".

So no...there is no "great conspiracy" going on here. It's all facts.
 
AliHajiSheik said:
Please explain how the primaries for each political primary works in Texas.
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It is REALLY screwed up.. Each party uses county election equipment and oversight to conduct their primary elections but THE PARTY staffs the polling sites. If the party does not have enough staff for a polling site, no election can occur at that location unless the other parties election judge at that site agrees to conduct the other parties election at that site. The party election judge is not required to conduct the other parties election.

For instance..

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Mycroft said:
I think I implied that it was the parties who were incompetent. Perhaps I should have been more clear. In any event, I didn't say a word about "county election officials".

So no...there is no "great conspiracy" going on here. It's all facts.
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LMAO... How does Colorado conduct primary elections? Texas does not record party affiliation with registration so everyone is an "independent" for the purposes of primary elections. Voter choose to vote in one of the primaries. For instance, yesterday in Texas there could have been thousands and thousands of democrats who voted in the republican primary. By law you can only vote in one primary or the other.

One should always use caution when looking at turnout numbers for primary elections in Texas.
 
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