22 Candidates File Lawsuits Contesting Election Results for Harris County Midterms
22 Candidates File Lawsuits Contesting Election Results for Harris County Midterms
On the last day to contest the 2022 midterm elections in Texas, 22 Republican candidates in total filed lawsuits in Harris County contesting the results following what one would consider a disaster of an election day resulting in the suppression of thousands of votes.
What is voter suppression?
On November 8th, 2022, Harris County experienced every form of voter suppression one could imagine all in one day. At 7 a.m., I received my first call that one of the polling locations was not open, staffing shortages, the voting machines were not working, paper ballots were out at multiple polling locations, toner did not work, ballots did not scan, double votes were made, the calling center at Harris Votes workers were hanging up on Precinct Judges, long lines, and utter chaos. Throughout the day, multiple news station reporters and radio show hosts were attempting to keep Harris County constituents informed of where to go vote, and where not to vote. Unfortunately, due to the chaos, it most likely suppressed the voting rights of a not statistically insignificant number of Harris County residents residing or voting in high Republican turn-out locations, through a variety of what one may consider intentional Democrat subterfuge.
Most people are not aware of this, but by law the election cases must be assigned to Judges outside of the County. Meaning candidates will not be subjected to the Ellis beholden Judges.
You can read Mealer’s filing here:
I.INTRODUCTION1. “Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.”22. The Contested Race produced tight results, results which are tainted by serious irregularities which had a disparate impact on the voting base of the Contestant.3. Specifically, the Elections Administrator and Commissioners’ Court of Harris County, Texas have suppressed the voting rights of a not statistically insignificant number of Harris County residents residing or voting in high Republican turn-out locations, through a variety of unconstitutional, illegal, and negligent schemes resulting in the constructive closing of their polling locations on election day with no redress. Harris County offered these residents far fewer voting opportunities than non-Republican voters who vote or reside in the urban areas of Harris County.
In denying these residents the same opportunities to vote as other voters in Harris County, the County has prevented eligible voters from voting, and engaged in illegal conduct or made mistakes that has resulted in both undermining the confidence the public has in the election’s outcome. But more importantly, as result of these activities and inadequacies, the result of the Election as shown by the final canvass which is not the true outcome.35. These facts, explained in detail below, compel Contestant to bring this petition seeking a judicial remedy to which she is entitled: a new election pursuant to TEX. ELEC. CODE§221.003 and § 221.012.
Contestant brings this lawsuit under Title 14, Chapter 221 of the Texas Election Code.7. This lawsuit arises out of provable, unlawful, and irregular violations of the law and process which clouded the true will of the electorate, preventing it from being discernible, and resulting in an election with a true outcome which cannot be ascertained.8. Contestant asks this Court to declare that because those officially involved in the administration of the Contested Race failed to count legal votes and prevented voters legally4entitled to vote from voting and/or having their ballot counted, the outcome of the election cannot now be determined to any reasonable degree of certainty and is divergent from the will of the electorate.59. Contestant asks the Court to declare that an election officer or officers personally involved in the election administration prevented eligible voters from voting, failed to count legal votes, counted illegal votes, and/or engaged in fraud and other illegal conduct or mistakes which made the true result unknowable.
Link to lawsuit: MEALER LAWSUIT