Texas Border Town
Mayor and His Wife Face Up to Life in Prison for Voter Fraud, by Tori McNabb,
4/27/19.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has charged border town
mayor Richard Molina and his wife Dalia Molina in a vote-harvesting scheme that
saw him beat longtime mayor Richard Garcia by 1,240 votes.
Molina and his wife own
an apartment complex that they used to register voters who live outside the
city, and it involves some of their paid campaign workers as well. Texas has
been cracking down on voter fraud, and there were already 16 arrests in the
voter fraud scheme.
Texas AG Ken Paxton says
that rigged elections result in voter apathy since they no longer believe their
vote matters.
From The Blaze - Texas Attorney
General Ken Paxton released
a statement about the charges against
Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina and his wife Dalia Molina.
“Voter fraud is an affront to democracy and places the decision-making
authority of the Texas electorate in the hands of those who have no right to
make those choices,” said Paxton in the statement.
“Voter apathy is caused by rigged elections with guaranteed outcomes,”
he explained.
“My office will always do everything it can to protect the integrity of Texas
elections and the rights of every legal voter to cast a ballot and have it
counted accurately. No one is above the law.”
The Molinas are charged with using fraudulent vote registrations in order
to inflate his vote tally. Sixteen others have also been arrested in connection
with the alleged voter fraud ring.
“Texas is cracking down on election fraud,” tweeted Texas
Governor Greg Abbott on social media in response to the arrest. Molina
vehemently denies the charges and says he will fight them in court. If
convicted, he faces 5 to 99 years in prison, or life.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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