TEXAS: Harris County (Houston) voter registrar scandal

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Tuesday June 09, 2009 · 8:24 AM PDT

2009/06/09 · 08:24

KHOU (Houston) Report: Harris County Voter Registrar a GOP Consultant

Lone Star Project Documents Reveal Johnson Paid by Republican Candidates

With documents obtained from the Lone Star Project, KHOU (Houston) aired a story last night revealing that Ed Johnson , the assistant director of voter registration for Harris County, is a paid Republican campaign consultant. His company, Campaign Data Systems (CDS), has numerous Harris County Republican candidate as clients, including the Conservative Republicans of Harris County PAC, Senator Dan Patrick, and Congressman Michael McCaul. Republican State Representative Dwayne Bohac (HD 138) is also a principal owner of CDS. Johnson and Bohac are both listed on the Articles of Organization and on the CDS website as a person to contact. It is unacceptable that a county employee with unimpeded access to Voter Registration records, who can grant or deny the ability to vote to an individual, also works as a partisan political consultant.

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Thursday June 04, 2009 · 6:36 PM PDT

2009/06/04 · 18:36

"If there is one prevailing theme of this session, it is an utter lack of leadership... We need elected officials all the way to the top – and I'm speaking of Governor Perry and our top three leaders – who will come here and not only set an agenda, but also work to help us pass it." - Republican Senator John Carona SD16 (Dallas Morning News, June 1, 2009)

"I think it's time, especially for you Republicans, that if we're to remain a viable party, we need to start looking at medical facts and dealing with reality and not dealing with black helicopters and other myths that are out there by the right wing extremists." - Republican Senator Bob Deuell, SD 2 (Dallas Morning News, May 26, 2009)

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