Investigations Of Alleged Voter Intimidation

AUSTIN — Allegations of voter intimidation, including at least one case in East Texas, have motivated minority groups to take their claims to the Capitol. The NAACP and the MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, are citing instances of voter intimidation. Lanisha Muckelroy from Rusk County claims she faced it from another voter. She says, “As I was walking by, I heard him say, I don’t need to know all that, I just need to know how can he help get this —- out of office.” NAACP counsel Robert Notzon is pursuing the case. He comments, “To make her personally have to weather that affront, repeated affront, there’s just no excuse for that.” The minority groups recommend victims gather as much information as possible and present it immediately to local authorities.