Thread: TX: Justice to monitor elections in 2 immigration hot spots

May 9, 2008, 4:00PM
Justice to monitor elections in 2 immigration hot spots
The Associated Press

DALLAS — The Justice Department will monitor Saturday's municipal elections in a pair of Dallas suburbs that have been flash points in the immigration debate.

The department said Friday that the monitoring is designed to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.

Dallas County is obligated to provide all election information, ballots and voting assistance in Spanish and English in accordance with the act, Justice says.

Each year, the department employs hundreds of federal observers for elections across the country.

In Farmers Branch, the mayor's race include Councilman Tim O'Hare, who authored an ordinance to ban illegal immigrants from renting in the city. In Irving, advocates have questioned police stops that they say were targeting illegal immigrants.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5768280.html

I think the Justice Department has ben at every FB election, since last year because of the cry babies that can't "let the voters decide"! No big deal.

Dixie

Here's a question. If illegal aliens only want to work and live peacefully, how come the Justice Department finds it necessary to monitor these hot spots? We don't need the Justice Department to provide Spanish interpreters or ensure they're available. Hmmm, I wonder if they have evidence that illegals are planning to vote again as they did in Houston.

The department said Friday that the monitoring is designed to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.

I want them to make sure voters are registered and U.S. citizens.