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And this is something that because it is an impediment to voting, wouldnt have been allowed but for that recent supreme court decision that invalidated part of the voting rights act. >> specifically waller county used to have to prove to the justice department if they are making any change in their policies and practices around voting, it wasnt intend today or have the effect of racial discrimination. now since the conservative majority on the supreme court killed the voting rights act, gutted t...

Delivering a letter would end up being kept in custody for two hours and they put their hands on jacob, they wouldnt let him go. they threatened to hold him for multiple days. i was horrified that they would do this to someone for the simple act of delivering a letter. >> and whats the status of the students who are the subject of that letter? i ran through a little bit of the history of prairie view a&m. honestly, i could do a week long series about that history because it is such an important ...

Well. and honestly, that might have been one of the most chilling parts of the entire encounter because theres like, i mean, its pretty clear where someones coming from when they ask you a question like that. >> yeah, especially when they follow-up by arresting you. >> exactly, exactly. it was a very, very chilling question. and as i said, mike heard it, too. so i can definitely confirm that. >> democratic congressional candidate mike siegl is running against michael mccaul, republican incumbent...

To deliver this letter. its a letter that is basically trying to protect the vote of the students at prairie view. it is a letter from local democrats, including the field directors candidate, mr. siegl, and it demands that since these students registered to vote using the address the county gave them and told them to put on their forms, the county shouldnt now block these kids from voting or try to send them somewhere else, or field them out to some other precinct they dont know where it is or ...

Yesterday. field director delivers the letter to a clerk at the courthouse. field director then apparently snaps a picture of the fact that he has delivered the letter to the clerk at the courthouse to verify that the letter has been delivered. then they arrested him. they asked him what party the candidate was whose campaign he worked for. and then they arrested him. and, yes, it is as weird as it sounds. this is from the houston chronicles write up of what happened here. quote, a field directo...