Battleground Texas admits they were breaking the law.. Stops copying Phone Numbers.

[OriginalShroom]

ROFLMAO..

O'Keefe did it again..

Now let the prosecutions begin.

Battleground Texas Retreats, Admits Voter Registration Tactic Legally 'Unclear'

Battleground Texas, the embattled pro-Wendy Davis organization has reversed its position. The group now admits the behavior it recently defended as being legal is discontinued within the organization due to the practice’s legality being questionable. The group defended the behavior less than 24-hours ago.

The behavior, which was revealed on Breitbart Texas in an undercover James O’Keefe video, showed Jennifer Longoria of Battleground Texas explaining how confidential information is copied from voter registration documents that she said would later be used to get people out to vote in the group’s efforts to turn Texas into a blue state and elect gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis.

The bizarre saga began on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 when Breitbart Texas released an undercover James O’Keefe video revealing the practice. The Texas Tribune then wrote a piece largely defending Battleground Texas, relying heavily on the legal opinion of Democratic operative/attorney Buck Wood. In his analysis, the practice was legal. Battleground Texas also defended the practice as legal.

Breitbart Texas then fired back with an analysis of the law and posted the relevant aspects for all to see. The Texas Tribune then removed the analysis of Buck Wood from their article. Prominent Texas Republicans, including Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, demanded an investigation into the ordeal. Within hours, the Texas Secretary of State’s office referred the matter to the Texas Attorney General’s office. The matter was ultimately sent to the Bexar County District Attorney for investigation.

As recently as last night, Battleground Texas was still claiming the practice was legal. Within 24-hours, Battleground Texas began contradicting their previous statements and stance in telling Reuters that they stopped the practice. The organization claims the practice ceased due to the questionable legality of the practice. They claim the practice stopped prior to the Breitbart Texas release of the O'Keefe video. The group’s claim to have stopped prior seems unlikely due to their fervent defense of the practice until recent hours.

And for the O'Keefe Bashers... If Battle Ground Texas still thinks they were NOT breaking the law, why did they stop??? Hmmmmmmm???

I know you hate him, but if you were honest, you would admit that he is good at what he does, finding Liberals breaking election laws.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

ROFLMAO..

O'Keefe did it again..

Now let the prosecutions begin.

Battleground Texas Retreats, Admits Voter Registration Tactic Legally 'Unclear'

Battleground Texas, the embattled pro-Wendy Davis organization has reversed its position. The group now admits the behavior it recently defended as being legal is discontinued within the organization due to the practice’s legality being questionable. The group defended the behavior less than 24-hours ago.

The behavior, which was revealed on Breitbart Texas in an undercover James O’Keefe video, showed Jennifer Longoria of Battleground Texas explaining how confidential information is copied from voter registration documents that she said would later be used to get people out to vote in the group’s efforts to turn Texas into a blue state and elect gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis.

The bizarre saga began on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 when Breitbart Texas released an undercover James O’Keefe video revealing the practice. The Texas Tribune then wrote a piece largely defending Battleground Texas, relying heavily on the legal opinion of Democratic operative/attorney Buck Wood. In his analysis, the practice was legal. Battleground Texas also defended the practice as legal.

Breitbart Texas then fired back with an analysis of the law and posted the relevant aspects for all to see. The Texas Tribune then removed the analysis of Buck Wood from their article. Prominent Texas Republicans, including Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, demanded an investigation into the ordeal. Within hours, the Texas Secretary of State’s office referred the matter to the Texas Attorney General’s office. The matter was ultimately sent to the Bexar County District Attorney for investigation.

As recently as last night, Battleground Texas was still claiming the practice was legal. Within 24-hours, Battleground Texas began contradicting their previous statements and stance in telling Reuters that they stopped the practice. The organization claims the practice ceased due to the questionable legality of the practice. They claim the practice stopped prior to the Breitbart Texas release of the O'Keefe video. The group’s claim to have stopped prior seems unlikely due to their fervent defense of the practice until recent hours.

And for the O'Keefe Bashers... If Battle Ground Texas still thinks they were NOT breaking the law, why did they stop??? Hmmmmmmm???

I know you hate him, but if you were honest, you would admit that he is good at what he does, finding Liberals breaking election laws.

Better safe than sorry. That's probably true for him as well or that partisan punk might have to pay off another person he screwed by lying. At least he managed to stay out of jail this time.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Election fraud is simply part and parcel of the democratic party.

democrats cheat - it's a proven fact.

 

[OriginalShroom]

Hey, Paintmyhouse...

Here are some facts for you...

https://www.projectveritas.com/five-misconceptions-james-okeefe/

We allowed O’Keefe to respond to the most common accusations reported – often untruthfully – by the left-wing media.

James, people say you are an admitted criminal. Why would you be questioning Battleground’s potentially criminal activity when you yourself are a convicted criminal?

My crime was a false pretense. I opened the door to a federal building in Louisiana. I said I was waiting there for somebody, when in fact I was not. The federal judge in Louisiana destroyed federal evidence and the U.S. attorney who prosecuted me resigned in disgrace — the mainstream media selectively edited those parts out.

So compare my crime to Battleground’s voter fraud crime. Compare my crime with copying private cell phone numbers off voter registration forms.

In a recent Breitbart piece, you said that Battleground is the new ACORN. But you settled a $100,000 lawsuit with ACORN. How can you defend this?

That lawsuit had nothing to do with lying or doctoring footage — it was over an invasion of privacy. Some states have recording statutes that require you to get permission from the person you’re filming. California, where I was, is one of those states. I argued that that statute is unconstitutional.

People say that you have a credibility problem and that you edit your footage. Legal authorities and journalists have documented your editing without a question. Why should anyone believe anything that you report?

In the latest video with Battleground Texas, Voter Deputy Registrar Lisa Wortham said that she sees the forging of signatures happen all the time on absentee ballots. Another woman sitting next to our videographer said, "I don't think that's legal, but I didn't hear you say that." Nobody in the Texas media wanted to talk about that issue. Instead, the media is focused on an edited laugh in the video...a laugh. The real substance of the video was that signatures were being forged and officials saw it happen. But the media would rather talk about a laugh, not the actual substance of the fraud.

Almost every time we release an investigation someone resigns or a law is changed. Obamacare navigators were fired for telling people to lie about their income; multiple states changed their voter ID laws after our videos showed how easy it is to obtain a ballot in the name of a dead person; in this most recent case, Wortham's law firm, Wortham Associates, scrubbed her name from their website.

This is the type of journalism we do -- we get results over and over again. And in the cases where the media focuses on supposed editing, you'll find that it's all smoke and mirrors.

James, even Glenn Beck has attacked you. Even he thinks you're not credible. How do you respond to that?

Actually, it wasn't Glenn Beck that attacked me; it was The Blaze's Editor-in-Chief Scott Baker. The Blaze criticized my editing. Not only were those criticisms unfair, but even Media Matters had no issues with the editing prior to Scott Baker's reporting.

I have reached out to Scott Baker, I have reached out to The Blaze, and I am trying to rectify the situation. But the fact is, our journalism has made a big impact and gotten serious results. And that's where our credibility continues to come from.

Battleground Texas was simply trying to get people out to vote. Aren't you and your Republican allies just scared of their success?

Sure, they're trying to get people out to vote, but they can't break Texas law doing so. You can't take peoples' private data off registration forms, and you can't sure that data unlawfully.

I would hope journalists would want to support the exposing of waste, fraud, and abuse. And I would hope journalists with this mission, whether they have a press pass or not, are encouraged. It is deeply upsetting to see Battleground opposed to exposing fraud. They shouldn't ridicule whistleblowers for shedding light on wrong-doings.

The founder of ACORN came out in support of Battleground and said they're on the lookout for "O'Keefers." Instead of being on the lookout for O'Keefers, why don't you be on the lookout for fraud in your programs?

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Election fraud is simply part and parcel of the democratic party.

democrats cheat - it's a proven fact.

Sure thing. The Right never engages in any election games.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Hey, Paintmyhouse...

Here are some facts for you...

Facts and JO have a strained relationship, at best.

 

[ron4342]

Election fraud is simply part and parcel of the democratic party.

democrats cheat - it's a proven fact.

Keep telling yourself that. It fits in nicely with your war on woman, gays, Hispanics, Blacks, students, the elderly, and anyone else who would vote against the republicans.
After those I mentioned above vote the sorry assed republicans out of office you can scream "Voter fraud! Voter fraud!!!!"
There is a reason that the numbers of republicans have dropped to its lowest level in 25 years and it has to do with people like you screaming "Voter fraud" rather than looking at WHY people are leaving your party.

 

[OriginalShroom]

[ SIZE=3]Keep telling yourself that. It fits in nicely with your war on woman, gays, Hispanics, Blacks, students, the elderly, and anyone else who would vote against the republicans.
After those I mentioned above vote the sorry assed republicans out of office you can scream "Voter fraud! Voter fraud!!!!" [/SIZE]
There is a reason that the numbers of republicans have dropped to its lowest level in 25 years and it has to do with people like you screaming "Voter fraud" rather than looking at WHY people are leaving your party.

I left the Republican party, not because they were too Conservative, but because they have become too Liberal.

I know more people who have left for that reason than the idea you espouse.

 

[OriginalShroom]

Hey, Paintmyhouse...

Here are some facts for you...

Facts and JO have a strained relationship, at best.

He's been proven right every time. Seems they have a very good relationship.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Hey, Paintmyhouse...

Here are some facts for you...

Facts and JO have a strained relationship, at best.

He's been proven right every time. Seems they have a very good relationship.

That's very fun, and also very wrong. Thanks for the laugh though.

 

[OriginalShroom]

Facts and JO have a strained relationship, at best.

He's been proven right every time. Seems they have a very good relationship.

That's very fun, and also very wrong. Thanks for the laugh though.

Care to back up your claim?

 

[Uncensored2008]

Keep telling yourself that. It fits in nicely with your war on woman, gays, Hispanics, Blacks, students, the elderly, and anyone else who would vote against the republicans.

Will the democrats run a demagoguery campaign on the Republican war on the right to defraud elections?

After those I mentioned above vote the sorry assed republicans out of office you can scream "Voter fraud! Voter fraud!!!!" [/SIZE]
There is a reason that the numbers of republicans have dropped to its lowest level in 25 years and it has to do with people like you screaming "Voter fraud" rather than looking at WHY people are leaving your party.

Election fraud is a BIG part of the democratic party.

Now this makes perfect sense, since your party has eschewed integrity and the very notion of ethics.

Right and wrong are simply expressions of what serves the party.

 

[Edgetho]

dimocraps are such scum, they continue to lie for their masters even AFTER they've admitted wrongdoing.

Just like when the lying cocksucker-in-chief admitted to lying about "If you like your Health Insurance Plan..."

Our board dimocrap scumbags kept on defending the lying piece of shit with THEIR OWN LIES. And many of them still do.

I'm telling you, people. dimocraps really are the scum of the Earth.

They prove it every day.

 

[R.D.]

Election fraud is simply part and parcel of the democratic party.

democrats cheat - it's a proven fact.

Keep telling yourself that. It fits in nicely with your war on woman, gays, Hispanics, Blacks, students, the elderly, and anyone else who would vote against the republicans.
After those I mentioned above vote the sorry assed republicans out of office you can scream "Voter fraud! Voter fraud!!!!"
There is a reason that the numbers of republicans have dropped to its lowest level in 25 years and it has to do with people like you screaming "Voter fraud" rather than looking at WHY people are leaving your party.

Stop shouting and take a deep breath...they cheated! The dems cheated! Again.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

He's been proven right every time. Seems they have a very good relationship.

That's very fun, and also very wrong. Thanks for the laugh though.

Care to back up your claim?

Shouldn't need to for people with common sense. He didn't have to pay off a 100k because he was right.

 

[Uncensored2008]

That's very fun, and also very wrong. Thanks for the laugh though.

Care to back up your claim?

Shouldn't need to for people with common sense. He didn't have to pay off a 100k because he was right.

So what you're saying is that Right and wrong are simply expressions of what serves the party?

Fact has no meaning, only service to the party?

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Care to back up your claim?

Shouldn't need to for people with common sense. He didn't have to pay off a 100k because he was right.

So what you're saying is that Right and wrong are simply expressions of what serves the party?

Fact has no meaning, only service to the party?

He would say that. The facts are that he has had to pay off before and he's been arrested for illegal actions. Look it up.

 

[OriginalShroom]

That's very fun, and also very wrong. Thanks for the laugh though.

Care to back up your claim?

Shouldn't need to for people with common sense. He didn't have to pay off a 100k because he was right.

Already addressed that.. It had nothing to do with him being wrong...

But let me post it again, maybe you'll read it this time.

In a recent Breitbart piece, you said that Battleground is the new ACORN. But you settled a $100,000 lawsuit with ACORN. How can you defend this?

That lawsuit had nothing to do with lying or doctoring footage — it was over an invasion of privacy. Some states have recording statutes that require you to get permission from the person you’re filming. California, where I was, is one of those states. I argued that that statute is unconstitutional.

 

[KNB]

Election fraud is SO prevalent. It's everywhere, all the time. Democrats engage in widespread voter fraud even though barely any cases of this prevalent epidemic were documented nationally during the 2012 elections.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Special prosecutor John Economidy, a Republican, told The Associated Press that he and fellow special prosecutor Christine Del Prado, a Democrat, determined that Battleground Texas did not violate state election law by transcribing phone numbers submitted on voter registration forms. San Antonio Judge Raymond Angelini signed the dismissal without comment on Friday, Economidy added.

"The Veritas video was little more than a canard and political disinformation," the prosecutor's report said. "The video was particularly unprofessional when it suggested that the actions of Battleground Texas were advocated by a Texas gubernatorial candidate and that the actions of a single volunteer deputy registrar may even involve private health data, which is not involved in the voter registration process."

Judge stops investigation into Battleground Texas | www.statesman.com

Whoops. Looks like O'Keefe was completely full of shit, yet again...