It's gonna backfire on Paxton, but I don't think he cares. He's just trying to flip HD80 seat via "bad publicity about Democrats".
He may succeed, but legally Paxton has made a total dickass move.
His legal case against anyone he served warrants on is falling apart due to dickass moves by Paxton.
Paxton's real target is a unnamed campaign worker in Frio County.
All these raids are about a connection to an unnamed campaign worker in Dilley. Everyone who was raided is connected to the House District 80 campaign. The candidate for HD 80 herself was also raided. It is doubtful that any of those who were named have done anything illegal. The candidate does not live in Dilley. Lidia Martinez does not live in Dilley. I believe
One campaign worker in Dilley, Texas who apparently engaged in some small-time shady stuff with local mail voting is the target. Locals were complaining, so they enlisted Paxton. The mayor of Dilley was also raided. The case is gonna fall apart because Paxton is a dickass...
The small town of Dilley will get bad publicity out of this like many small towns do. The investigation will eventually focus on Dilley.
In one of those affidavits, the investigator with the attorney general’s office alleges that campaign workers in Frio County may have conspired to coerce or influence voters using mail-in ballots, filled out or helped fill out those ballots illegally, and taken them to the post office without appropriate disclosures, according to a copy of one affidavit obtained by The Post.
Whatever the outcome of that separate investigation,
Castellano and the others said they have nothing to do with it. Her concern is the impact the raids will have on the voters she has spent months getting to know and encouraged to go to the polls.
https://wapo.st/4dGxL2Z
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