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groundloop

(12,332 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:20 AM Oct 21

"Election protection" activist says he plans to flag voters with "Hispanic-sounding" names as "suspicious"

Source: CBS News




In a video obtained by CBS News, the leader of an "election protection" activist group of 1,800 volunteers in North Carolina is seen instructing attendees at a virtual meeting to flag voters with "Hispanic-sounding last names" as one way to identify potentially suspicious registrations as the group combs through voter rolls ahead of the 2024 election.

"If you've got folks that you, that were registered, and they're missing information… and they were registered in the last 90 days before the election, and they've got Hispanic-sounding last names, that probably is, is a suspicious voter," said James Womack, the leader of the effort, who chairs the Republican Party in Lee County, North Carolina. "It doesn't mean they're illegal. It just means they're suspicious."

Womack is the president and founder of the North Carolina Election Integrity Team, a group of self-described patriots dedicated to investigating the election for what they perceive as incidents of fraud in the pivotal presidential battleground state — where polls put the contest at a statistical tie between the Republican former President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

Womack describes his organization as comprised mostly of retirees working remotely from their computers to analyze public records related to voting. He says the group has a list of multiple factors they are using to flag suspicious voters, a task he believes is necessary because of flaws in how voter information has been collected in recent years.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-integrity-north-carolina-voters-hispanic-sounding-names/

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JT45242

(2,953 posts)
3. let me guess his list ...
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:24 AM
Oct 21

1) hispanic sounding last name
2) lives in a zip code that is more than 50% African American
3) lives in subsidized housing
4) has PhD or MD next to their name in the phone book

Just another klansman trying to recreate Jim Crow by making people defend their right to vote -- replacing a poll tax with a time tax.

Turbineguy

(38,433 posts)
5. I think anybody who is a republican is suspicious.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:27 AM
Oct 21

They may not be spying for Russia, but they could be.

They should be investigated, just to make sure.

Cirsium

(983 posts)
7. Flag him
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:08 AM
Oct 21

He has Republican sounding talking points. That doesn't necessarily mean that he is a criminal, just that he is a suspect.

Elessar Zappa

(16,019 posts)
9. Yes, but most will support Harris.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:32 AM
Oct 21

Our main problem is white men. If they voted even 50% for Harris, it would be a landslide.

Paladin

(28,874 posts)
10. Hey, Womack: After you've fucked up N. Carolina sufficiently....
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:43 AM
Oct 21

....come over to Texas. We need some "election protection" from Ted Cruz......

mymomwasright

(369 posts)
11. What "If" white people voted twice? It "might" happen! Someone needs to do the opposite of these folks.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 12:14 PM
Oct 21

Looking for a problem that doesn't exist wastes so much time and money. I hope they get some hefty bills from the county on these shenanigans!

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