Darryl Blackburn
A Democrat election employee in Harris County, Texas was charged with 6 felonies for his function in rigging the 2022 midterm election.
Democrat District Legal professional Kim Ogg on Tuesday introduced tampering and theft expenses in opposition to election employee Darryl Blackburn after there was a paper poll scarcity at 119 polling areas throughout Harris County.
The investigation discovered there have been inadequate paper ballots in lots of Republican precincts.
Darryl Blackburn has been charged with tampering and theft. Blackburn was paid $90,000 by Harris County to allocate paper ballots to polling areas whereas additionally working a full-time job on the aspect.
The DA says the poll paper scarcity wasn’t intentional, however many of the harm… pic.twitter.com/hqGQDutuUM— Dolcefino Media (@WayneDolcefino) August 13, 2024
Texas Governor Greg Abbott in November 2022 called for an investigation into “widespread issues” with Harris County elections.
“I’m calling for an investigation into the widespread issues with the Harris County elections final Tuesday.” Abbott mentioned in 2022.
“The allegations of election improprieties in our state’s largest county could end result from something starting from malfeasance to blatant legal conduct.” he added.
“Voters in Harris County have been annoyed by confusion and delays together with lacking keys, inadequate paper ballots in Republican precincts, staffing issues, and extra,” Abbott mentioned.
“I’m calling on the Secretary of State, the Legal professional Basic’s Workplace, and the Texas Rangers to provoke investigations into allegations of improprieties in the way in which that the 2022 elections have been performed in Harris County,” he mentioned.
“Voters in Harris County need to know what occurred. Integrity within the election course of is crucial. To attain that commonplace, a radical investigation is warranted,” he added.
“We all know this was a failure,” outgoing Democrat District Legal professional Kim Ogg mentioned. “Mr. Blackburn not solely stole 1000’s of {dollars} from Harris County within the sense that he lied on timesheets, however rather more importantly, he stole people’ rights to vote a primary constitutional proper in our democracy as a result of individuals on each side have been delayed of their voting, halted of their voting, rerouted of their voting.”
Despite the fact that there weren’t sufficient paper ballots at 119 Harris County polling elections on Election Day in 2022, Kim Ogg mentioned the Democrat election employee had no intent to influence the end result of the election.
Positive.
Ogg did nevertheless say that Blackburn’s crime did certainly influence the election.
The overwhelming majority of Election Day voters are Republicans so in fact an absence of paper ballots on Election Day means Republicans have been disenfranchised.
“I do need to say that the investigation discovered no proof of intent to influence the end result of the election for both social gathering,” Kim Ogg mentioned. “However it’s plain that there’s a lot of proof to indicate that Mr. Blackburn’s crime did influence the election.”
What a joke!
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KHOU 11 reported:
A former Harris County elections employee was charged with six felonies after an investigation revealed his actions allegedly brought on disruptions to the 2022 election. Based on District Legal professional Kim Ogg, he additionally lied concerning the hours he labored for the county.
Based on the DA’s workplace, the suspect’s motive was pure greed.
Darryl Blackburn, 35, faces 5 expenses of tampering with proof and faces as much as two years in jail for every cost. He was additionally charged with theft of a public servant, for which he faces as much as 10 years.
Blackburn turned himself in and his bond was set at $65,000, Ogg mentioned.
