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Some are calling it
TimeStampGate
I'm calling it another example of right wing extremism that justifies, in their delusional thinking, that if a vote, or anything else, doesn't go their way, they have they right, or maybe even the obligation, to get the outcome that they want.
Be they called republicans, right wing nuts, The
Traitors &
Enemies of
America Party or 'MERICANS THAT WANT THEIR COUNTRY BACK!' nutjobs. They think that is okay to break the law.
As long as they get their way. In their eyes and to their way of thinking. It's justifiable.
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From the article (link at bottom)
The evidence of the crime is irrefutable and two criminal counts apply because two vote records were altered.
That this rises to
a Texas Jail Felony seems certain given the statutes (see below).
Reading posts and news following
Sen. Wendy Davis' successful filibuster reveals
a conspiracy led by Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst.
The obvious implication is the end of his political career. At the least,
his resignation should be sought immediately.
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Van De Putte Says Republicans Changed Time Stamp On SB 5 Voting Record
.... Sen. Leticia Van De Putte (D) told Texas Public Radio that
“Republicans in the Senate, including the lieutenant governor, asked
clerks” to make the time change. ....... Van De Putte said the Texas
Legislative Library first showed that the bill had passed on 6/26/13
with a time stamp of 12:03 a.m. About 15 minutes later the clerks were
told that they needed to change it to the 25th. ...
"My understanding is if you forge a government document or if you alter a government document, I think that might be a felony. That is a very serious, very serious thing," she said. .....
Van de Putte: Why I stood with Wendy: Texas women must be heard+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Excellent screen captures of the crimes in progress:
Texas Legislature Changes Timestamps on SB5 Votes
The Texas Legislative Reference Library contains an
anonymous statement saying that the official record is that the vote
occurred on June 25
.... the LRL statement confirms that the change was deliberate. ...
...
Here’s my screen capture at 10.59 pm Pacific. I was clued to the fact
that the legislature’s website was displaying what my eyes and ears
heard as I watched the livestream: two votes were taken after midnight.

Moments
after I tweeted the screen capture, I was unable to access the webpage.
.... And when it finally refreshed, all votes were recorded as having
taken place before midnight on June 25.
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Minute by minute: How the abortion vote happened
Sen.
Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, checked the official journal clerk's
handwritten log, and it showed the vote took place at 12:02 a.m.
Wednesday.
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Davis says voting documents altered after filibuster
Sen.
Wendy Davis told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that a fellow senator was
informed by a Capitol staff member that the official voting documents
had been purposefully changed to falsify the time of the vote on SB 5,
the bill killed in her dramatic Tuesday night filibuster.
The discovery was important, she said, because had the vote been stamped on 6/25, rather than 6/26, the bill would have passed.
“We know it was purposeful,” she said. “I think there will be further investigation.”
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Statutory Reference:
Sec. 37.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: ....
(2) "Governmental record" means:
(B) anything required by law to be kept by others for information of government; .....
Sec. 37.10. TAMPERING WITH GOVERNMENTAL RECORD. (a) A person commits an offense if he:
(1) knowingly makes a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governmental record;
(2)
makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge
of its falsity and with intent that it be taken as a genuine
governmental record;
(3) intentionally destroys, conceals,
removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of
a governmental record;
.............
(c)(1) Except as
provided by Subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) and by Subsection (d), an
offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor's
intent is to defraud or harm another, in which event the offense is a
state jail felony.
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Tweets from #dewhurstfraud,
#timestampgate and
#txfraudMike Gintz
I made
a petition on http://whitehouse.gov about investigating #timestampgate #standwithwendy #sb5
Kassandra
Just watched Wendy Davis interview on CNN- the #txlege staff were instructed to change the dates on the votes. #timestampgate
Michael Peterson
I'm pretty sure # of voter fraud cases in sen. chamber just passed all of Texas in the last election #txlege #txfraud
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PETITIONS:
White HouseMoveOn = to Texas Attorney General - Open an Investigation
To the Honorable Greg Abbot - Attorney General of the State of Texas:
The
unlawful conduct of altering an official state record must not be
permitted in any measure and especially not by a Texas lawmaker. It is
this petitioner's opinion that: available evidence appears to suggest
that allegations of impropriety are sustainable.
It is this
petitions request that: an official investigation be conducted to
determine whether laws were violated during the late evening State
Senate session regarding ("SB 5"), on 25-June-2013, and in the early
morning hours of 26-June-2013, immediately following the session
expiration.
The fact that the outcome of the vote on ("SB 5") has
been deemed untimely, does not negate or preclude the opening of an
investigation or its eventual findings. It must be our intention to hold
all Texans to the same level of lawful conduct as those who create and
enforce our laws.
Very Respectfully,
--Progressive Centralists and the associated petition signors
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LINK TO STORY
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023111696
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I hope that this is prosecuted.
Seeing as to how the rethugs seem to go after any Democrat, for any reason, whether real, imagined or just made-up, no matter how small the infraction.
The right has definitely seem to have gone off the rails since President Obama was elected.
I hope they continue with their self destructive ways and that they continue to fail to realize that the majority of American people aren't as stupid as they think.
Or as their base seems to be.
You know...
Since their not racist or anything.
Or misogynist.