Texas’ Arrest of Black Parolee-Voter Was Intimidation, AGs Say
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The arrest of a Black man in Texas for casting ballots while on parole is a blatant attempt to intimidate voters, a group of Democratic state attorneys general said.
The prosecution of Hervis Rogers, whose 2004 parole was set to expire three months after the March 2020 Harris County Democratic primary, also serves to “stoke fears” about Republicans’ false claims of rampant voter fraud nationwide, according to a joint statement issued Thursday by seven AGs, including New York’s Letitia James and Connecticut’s William Tong. In Texas it’s illegal to vote while on parole.