TDP STATEMENT ON VOTING MACHINE RULING
October 3rd, 2011
Below is a statement from Texas Democratic Party General Counsel Chad Dunn regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling regarding the Texas Democratic Party’s suit against Dallas County (over electronic voting machines that were programmed in a way that counted straight ticket votes improperly, and the effect of that change having not been properly described and submitted to the Department of Justice for pre-clearance under the Voting Rights Act):
“We are pleased with the United States Supreme Court’s ruling. The Texas Democratic Party has and will continue to fight for the voters of this state to have available the most accurate voting equipment available so they can cast a meaningful and tabulated ballot. The TDP sued Dallas County to ensure all voting machines receive Voting Rights Act review before being put to the voters. TDP won at the district court and that decision has now been accepted on appeal. We are hopeful that Dallas County will comply with the ruling in the future and that it will abandon its baseless objections to the Court’s award of TDP’s attorneys fees and costs.”
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