Heflin Intimidates Own Voters
Voters subpoenaed in Vo-Heflin flap
Aledigna Staats said she and her husband, Michael Staats, moved from Harris County to Fort Bend County in October 2003 but were told at the Harris County polling place that they could vote there as long as they filled out a change of address form for the future."I didn't think twice about it," Aledigna Staats said. "Then we got subpoenaed and had to give depositions. We were kind of upset by the whole thing. This is ridiculous."
Heflin, an 11-term legislator from Houston, lost to Vo by 33 votes of the more than 40,000 cast in the November general election. House Speaker Tom Craddick appointed the special committee to investigate Heflin's allegations of voting irregularities.
Staats said she and her husband voted straight Republican tickets ? meaning they voted for Heflin ? but now believe that he should accept the election results.
"If you lose, you lose," she said.
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Not all voters on the list of 167 have received subpoenas or questionnaires.
One who hasn't is Henning Eilert-Olsen of Katy, who has lived in the area for nearly 14 years and voted in the November election even though he is not an American citizen and is therefore not eligible to vote.
Although Eilert-Olsen, a Norwegian, said he does not recall registering to vote, an application on file in Bettencourt's office appears to bear his signature. But the application also states that Eilert-Olsen is not a U.S. citizen. Nevertheless, he was issued a voter's card and cast a straight Republican ticket in November.
Bettencourt acknowledged his office erred in giving Eilert-Olsen a voter card.
Your Republican government at work there, folks. Given just the above instances ... some of the voters casting GOP votes, not all of the voters being subpoenaed ... there is not much of a chance that there's going to be conclusive proof of a decided alteration in the outcome based on a less-than-complete turnout among illegal voters.