From TownHall.com:
HOUSTON, TX – Friday afternoon at an early polling place located at 6719 W. Montgomery Road in Houston, NAACP members were seen advocating for President Barack Obama according to volunteer poll watchers on location at the time.
According to Eve Rockford, a poll watcher trained by voter integrity group True the Vote, three NAACP members showed up to the 139 precinct location with 50 cases of bottled water and began handing bottles out to people standing in line. While wearing NAACP labeled clothing, members were “stirring the crowd” and talking to voters about flying to Ohio to promote President Barack Obama.
After watching what was occurring, Rockford approached Polling Supervisor Rose Cochran about what she was seeing.
“I went to the polling supervisor and let her know that it was not appropriate that they were in the building handing out water. She ignored me. I repeated my statement. She told me that she would handle it. She did nothing. I then went to the assistant supervisor and he stood up, walked over to another table and then sat down. I then walked into the waiting room and they were reloading another dolly with more cases of water,” Rockford said in a True the Vote incident report.
After handing out water and advocating for President Obama, the NAACP members started handpicking and moving people to the front of a long voting line inside the polling place according to the incident report. After multiple complaints from voters about the line cutting, Rockford received a phone call from downtown telling her to “stand down.”
Note, please, the reaction of the SCOAMF election officials — either “in” on the deal or GOWPs: “She ignored me. I repeated my statement. She told me that she would handle it. She did nothing. I then went to the assistant supervisor and he stood up, walked over to another table and then sat down.”
TF, I’m surprised this is occurring in Texas. Actually, because it’s Houston, I’m guessing you’re not much shocked at all.
BZ
I read this earlier today over at Townhall while looking for fresh cartoons. I suspect that this is more widespread than we would like to believe in the big metro areas across the nation. The only good thing here is that there effort in Houston will not matter in the presidential election. That said, in swing states a few votes sometime make a big difference. The activist in the NAACP are a very pushy bunch. I’ve had dealing with them going all the way back to the 1960’s.
When I was with the FBI we had occasion to “visit” a Nation of Islam church. My, that was uncomfortable. VFW, of course.
BZ
I imagine you’re referring to a violent felony warrant.
Not many veterans there… Although its is amusing to consider perusing a VFW by a VFW at the VFW…
…. with a VFW
Oddly enough, I followed you on that one, ∞ ≠ ø.
BZ
I think ‘they’ are the November surprise Obummer has up his sleeve…
If it’s not close, he can’t cheat.
And I’ll wager his sniveling jackanapes are pulling out all the stops in order to unlawfully tip the balance towards Obama.
It’s The Chicago Way.
BZ
IF this is true…
If it is it was 3 people, WHY didn’t this supposed *poll watcher* call the police?
And take this into consideration too, it’s Houston, a damned good place to drop a nuke that needs testing… Obama will WIN Houston, and ALL large cities in Texas…
IF this is real, the *poll watcher* was lax in her job… This was a POLICE matter…
If the person making the complaint was a white woman, she likely wouldn’t have taken the next logical step with police intervention.
If the poll supervisors were likewise white, they would definitely NOT have the guts to take the matter any further or intervene.
Hence my word GOWP, which is Guilty Overeducated White Person.
GOWPs won’t do ANYthing that may even reMOTEly be a micron outside the Perfect PC Line. Ever.
But, as you point out, it’s Houston.
BZ
For God’s sake!
This information is going to be kept under wraps in the mainstream media?
It’s made local papers. Looks some some reputable coverage and, hence, some credibility.
Cheating, threats, muscling in on a lawful vote, once again.
Next stop: Black Panthers with batons, to be roundly ignored by BLACK AG Eric Holder once again, were they to appear.
BZ
This story has been floating on the web all weekend but I wasn’t going to post it until I had a MAJOR source to use as citation. The Houston Chronicle ran with it and here it is for my readers! It appears that the NAACP has engaged in electioneering.
Long waits led to disturbance at polling site, official says
Thanks TF.
I’m sure Eric Holder will jump right on that abrogation.
BZ
Damn, you can’t expect those poor voters to stand in line all day just to cast 1 ballot. How will they ever fill their vote quota? They need to get in and out in order to vote ten times a day.
Excellent point Joe.
Speed! We need speed here! Vote fast and get back in line!
It’s The Chicago Way!
BZ