Voting totals for the first three two days of early voting in the 2014 party primaries will easily top 3,000 today and voter advocacy groups are holding their breaths that we might actually get a fair election this time.
Voting results for the early voting locations across the county indicate that the Central Public Library in Brownsville continues to lead the other 10 locations.
The total votes as of Wednesday evening was 2,794 from the 11 early-voting locations.
And for the first time in recent memory, the fraud in mail-in votes that have decided previous elections may not be the deciding factor this time.
Cameron County Elections totals for the mail-in votes were as follows:
*Applications for mail-in ballots as of Feb. 19: 117 (Democrat) and 376 (Republican)
*Actual ballots received so far: 14 (Democrat), 199 (Republican)
Below is a list of the 11 early voting places countywide and the total votes as of Wednesday at closing time:
*Main Office, Harrison St.: 472
*Central Public Library: 804 (actually 975 with the extra 171 cast by 1 p.m. Thursday)
*Southmost Library: 107
*Browne Road Family Service Center: 23
*Cameron Park: 124
*Harlingen: 388
*San Benito: 484
Port Isabel: 65
Los Fresnos: 121
La Feria: 171
Santa Rosa: 21
Some community anti-voter-abuse activists were concerned about the high number of early votes at the San Benito site, but this was due in part on the number of justice of the peace and constable races as well as the number of candidates in the judicial and countywide races there.On the other hand, Cameron County has had an infamous tradition of low-voter turnout that allowed for the possibility of voting fraud through hauled-in elderly and infirm voters from adult-day care centers and fraudulent mail-in ballots the deciding factor in the outcomes.
(Photo at right shows the way the elderly were hauled in in vans in 2012.)
The increased surveillance by the elections administration office, groups such as IntelliVote and Citizens Against Voter Abuse (CAVA), and the Cameron County District Attorney's Office may put a damper on those activities this time around.
"We're cautiously optimistic that we've had a relatively clean elections so far," said CAVA's Mary Helen Flores. "But we're still monitoring the voting as we're sure that the DA's office and the state and federal monitors are."
8 comments:
Now the Court House Critters elected by the Politequera culture are going to church pounding their chests and chanting "Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa".!
Roger Ortiz is gone....that will help greatly to have an honest voting environment. We can bet that the politiqueras are out rounding up mail-in ballots from the elderly and working their corrupt magic on behalf of the candidates who pay them.
This is what's called Democracy in action! What a country!
"Will this be the first clean election in recent memory?"
No thanks to Democrats who refuse to admit there is voter fraud despite evidence proving otherwise.
Folks really we cant stop the illegal votes machine cuz thats beens going on for decades just ask joe rivera, gilberto hinojosa and many other elected officials in office for over years and years. I truly admire CAVA but Dont beleive they can really stop them honestly or especially the DA's office cuz he has used them in the past all the time. So please dont take banos de puresa Luis cuz it dont work with me and say you are going to stop this and prosecute those who do. You will shoot yourself in the foot. hee haw
In the final analysis if the Fruking voting people don't vote we get what we get! Shitting representation.
That's what you call the Reputocanos at work.
"Anonymous said...
That's what you call the Reputocanos at work.
February 22, 2014 at 10:14 AM"
Yes because THEY'RE the ones stealing elections in the valley. All you have is "Reputocanos" down there.
Pendejo.
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