Just the latest Democrat get-out-the vote effort because we know the party these inmates will be voting for.
The Houston Chronicle reports that 96 inmates cast their ballots in Tuesday’s election at the state’s first-ever polling site located at a county-run detention center.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tells the Chronicle, “many individuals come here for a number of different reasons, We have veterans here, we have individuals that have degrees, we have individuals that unfortunately have been in the throes of addiction and mental illness and other things. But it doesn’t remove the right to vote.”
Ah yes, great idea. Let’s have inmates “in the throes of addiction and mental illness” cast ballots.
And of course, the Chronicle gushes over these inmates voting. From the article:
“Ivylee Terrill, 23, of Spring, was booked into the jail Oct. 29 for an aggravated assault.
A restaurant manager in the free world, she’d been placed in an isolation cell for much of the time since her arrest, meaning she was let out for just an hour a day. Terrill said she was feeling low, alone and sad, when three election workers approached her in the days before the election with a question: Did she want to vote?
“I’ve never been taken out of a quarantine tank and asked if I wanted to vote,” Terrill said.
She leaped at the chance. Terrill had voted in the two most recent presidential elections and felt the gravity of the moment then. Tuesday served as a reminder of that experience.
“It was a great feeling,” she said. “I knew that I was doing something for the better of me … (and) when I actually got there they told me that I’m one of the first women to have been able to vote (in person at the jail). And when they told me that, I just thought, ‘Well, I’m making history.’”…
Troy Jones, 30, had arrived at the jail Oct. 25 on an assault charge. A self-described “geek when it comes to law,” and a social media manager, Jones first thought the invitation to vote was a bad joke.
“I’ve been a part of many jokes, but this is not funny,” he recalled thinking.
Jones’ father spent a lengthy stint in prison and isn’t eligible to vote. So the chance to cast a ballot felt particularly special, he said.
“He started tearing up,” said Bryce Randall, the election official who had spoken with Jones. “I think he felt like he was seen.”
Early Tuesday, jail staff woke Jones up and brought him to a secure area where poll workers had set up a bank of polling machines. An election judge checked his voter registration and showed him a sample ballot. And then he voted.”
So the two voting inmates are there because of aggravated assault and assault. Why didn't the Chronicle give more details about the crimes of these two inmates?
Why not get comments from the victims of those crimes as well.