Here's what the Houston Chronicle says about YOU!

Fellow Patriots and True the Vote volunteers-

This Sunday, the Houston Chronicle's Outlook section featured a full front page story devoted entirely to the subject of vote suppression and you. The article, written by Judith Browne Dianis, co-director of The Advancement Project and Christina Sanders, Texas State Director of The League of Young Voters, was titled "PartisanTactic Could Suppress Voting". Guess what the partisan tactic was....you. The whole article can be read via this link, but here's an excerpt:

"To complement the voter suppression efforts, tea party-affiliated groups such as the Houston-based King Street Patriots have vowed to send individuals to observe activities at polling places, which could intimidate voters. Hundreds of volunteers have pledged their time to travel to polling stations, question the rights of fellow Texans to cast their ballots and disrupt polling-place activity if they deem it necessary. The idea of tea party volunteers storming polling places evokes strong images of Jim Crow-era voter suppression."

Many of you worked at the polls after having participated in True the Vote training. This article accuses you of "storming polling places" with the intent to disrupt and intimidate voters. We know that these accusations are biased, groundless, and hateful, yet they still make for headline news at the Chronicle. Make no mistake, there is a national, coordinated effort to sabotage the True the Vote effort. These kinds of articles are popping up all over the place; making false accusations, conjuring up vile images, and attempting to rally followers through anger and fear. That our hometown paper would be complicit in the promotion of such propaganda is inexcusable. 

Are you going to let the accusations made in this article go unanswered?  We hope not.  When citizens don't speak up, when we don't set the record straight - that is how lies become accepted as truth.  If you've ever been associated with the True the Vote program, if you've heard our presentations, if you've gone through our training, if you've worked at the polls, you are the BEST equipped source to respond to these fallacious allegations. Please take a few minutes and write the Chronicle. Tell them your True the Vote experience. Let them read the truth as you know it to be. Please do not remain silent. 

You can send your comments to the Houston Chronicle via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mail to Houston Chronicle / P.O. Box 4260 / Houston, TX 77210-4260

Thank you to all who have already written in, thank you to all who will take action in response to this email, and thank you for your continued support of True the Vote. We have only just begun.