By Juan Montoya
Like a well-oiled (or shall we say, greased) political machine, the vans hauling the voters in for Erin Hernandez Garcia started rolling in with the van pictured at right making at least six trips to the early voting site at the Cameron County Elections Office.
Vanload after vanload made were driven to the curb to cast their vote. Hernandez-Garcia is in a runoff for JP 2-2 with Yolanda Begum, who garnered some 500 votes more that she did in the first go-round May 29.
Now, after activists with the Citizens Against Voter Abuse (CAVA) have analyzed the applications for mail-in ballots, they have discovered that about 500 applications were handed in for the runoff.
On Tuesday, the driver of the van (the same one pictured here) made numerous trips to deliver the Hernandez walk-in early votes.
When a poll watcher for Begum challenged some of the votes because they lacked identification, a brouhaha erupted and Erin herself made an appearance. Elections administrator Roger Ortiz walked across Harrison Street to soothe her ruffled feathers and spent some time pacifying her before walking back to the office.
How seriously Ortiz is taken by Erin Hernandez, whose father Ernie Hernandez is a county commissioner who oversees his budget is anyone's guess. Ortiz is also married to Elvira, who works for Cameron County District Clerk Aurora De la Garza.
But nonetheless, when a representative of CAVA arrived to collect more information on the mail-in votes that have decided elections in favor of Hernandez in the past, Ortiz made himself circumspect and went into his back office.
In the picture below, the driver of the van was photographed speaking with Erin as her entourage at the corner of the parking lot across from the voting site as cheerleaders headed by politiquera Herminia Becerra shouted out chants against the Begum group across the street.
"I left early because we've already had double the number of the votes in two days that I was supposed to deliver the whole week," Becerra claimed later in a phone call. "We no longer have any need to be there."
On Monday, Ortiz received complaints that Erin had planted herself directly in front of the polling place and was actually approaching each of these voters as they were getting off. Since this was a violation of the election laws due to the proximity to the poll, Roger Ortiz was called and he asked Erin to please remove herself from this particular area.
Now, Erin has sought the support of the voters with a slogan that she can deliver "Legal Experience You Deserve."
Yet,as her actions at the polls and in the photos above clearly show, skirting the law is more to her forte, as this blog has previously documented.
Meanwhile, at Cameron Park, reports that elections workers were providing curb service to voters who were clearly not incapacitated also generated a complaint from at least two candidates. According to the reports, the workers – and not the voting site elections judge – made the determination to take the ballots to the waiting cars and assisted the voters with their ballots.
Meanwhile, as this was happening, the voters who emerged from the polls were treated to a plate of barbecue chicken from the candidate they allegedly voted for.
10 comments:
My vote and support for attorney Erin H.Garcia and No I'm not a family or a very close friend I'm just a registerd voter. I think she's are best candidate for are next jp.. and Mr.Montoya hope you publish this we all know that Alex Begum bought you... Vote for Attorney Erin H. Garcia
shut the fuck up bitch, no body bought no body!!! En la vida hay que saver ganar o perder, y si a tus amistades no les esta llendo muy bien que digamos, es por falta de inteligencia en como manejar las cosas y la politica. Ya deja de decir k le pagaron a Montoya, nadie le paga nada, a si es de que bajate de tu avion traicionero.
Montoya, gets paid by having an AD. He naturally dislikes Ernie and his family. Nobody has to pay him to put negative stuff about this self serving family that is corrupt to the core. ENOUGH SAID!
They are known for sending in mail in ballots but nobody has done anything. Someone should catch them on camera and send it to the news.
My support and vote, goes to the only lady running, Mrs Yolanda Begum.
Erin es una pinche vieja corriente, y fea.
The Begum camp needs to grow up. They sure love to dish it out, but they can't take it in return
Erin needs to grow up. Her post this morning sounds foolish and childish. She acts as if she hasn't cast any stones at Begum. Now you're the victim? Please child. Nobody believes you. If you win it will be only because of all your vans filled with innocent elderly ppl and the mentally sick people you are using to win this election. Shame on you!!!!
Thank you Cameron County "anonymous posters" you have clarified in my mind that you deserve what you get when dealing with politicos. The usage of your derogatory and vulgar language is shameless and your means of expression cause me to wonder why anyone in their right minds would want to represent you. You are shameless. For goodness sake, why God only knows why either Erin Garcia or Yolanda Begum would want to go through all this mud slinging to run for office to represent you. It seems like too much trouble to go through this muck of a campaign to represent your type, such vulgar persons who are "hide behind the scenes cowards.” It seems that those of you who like to hurl vulgar insults feel like there is some validity to your words that is why you hide behind the “anonymous” mask. There isn’t. That is the probably the main reason you don’t take accountability for what you write. You truly have not conviction except to judge others. Your are a true testament to both of these candidates. I just hope that they winner is prepared to deal with backlash type of persons they will have to deal with if elected. Seriously, read the nasty insults posted on this biog. People open your eyes. It is hilarious that all repeated vulgar postings directed at Ms. Garcia and the Hernandez’s and the judgments of how corrupt they are sent from "anonymous" Begum supporters. This is an ongoing “pot calling the kettle black” syndrome. I wonder how Ms. Begum fees about her supporters when she reads the blogs, we all know she must read the blogs, or at least she should, after all she does advertise herein. To those voters out there who do not post, but rather take an interest and read this biog., I hope that you will pass the word around as to what type of persons support which particular candidate. All you have to do is tell two friends about these vulgar written attacks and then they will tell two friends and so on, and so on. This might give those who do not have access to this blog an insite to the type of persons support these candidates. To all you “anonymous” posters who want to believe that being faceless internet bullies will bring support to their particular candidate. It does not! I pray that for a County who is already marred with corruption, that the voters who truly value their vote will see through each and everyone of you and go out to the polls and vote against the candidate for whom these vulgar posting support. - Step up Cameron County Constituents...do the right thing. Step up and make your vote count. Don't let the "anonymous" posters triumph. See through their transparencies. - I leave you with a quote I learned from my childhood that sums it up "Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you what you are." Buena Suerte!!
July 26, 2012 1:28 AM
OMG....you did'nt have to write a book about your feelings Helen, I agree with your comment to an extent, but you already know we have allot of scum bags in our city and in politics, the Begum family is not going to waiste their time reading the nasty comments others post about them in this blog, (and I would'nt read them either), they have more better things to do than waiste their time listening/reading negative and destructive comments, the most intelligent thing to do is for them not to show their cards,and the best thing that they are doing is just observing everything that is going on around them and not put their political career at risk or turn it into something cheap, what people want is to just agravate these people, the enemies are just waisting their time, the Begums are very well educated people, with morals, and most of all, they have RESPECT for the entire public!!! This is what you and I call it CLASS AND INTELLIGENCE when handling agravations from ignorant, and selfish people. Lol ..the enemies are being ignored 24/7
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