Houston, TX – As the most anticipated midterm election in a generation dawns on this nation, and the country receives its first opportunity to pass judgment on this president and the policies he has wrought, voters in our state, and specifically residents in Harris County, are experiencing difficulties and irregularities in voting. In Harris County’s precinct 1012, a voter complained of racial profiling and behavior consistent with racial stereotyping. To add insult to injury, the voter was told that she would have a better time understanding voting directions if the official were in “blackface.” In Harris County’s precinct 576, two of three electronic voting machines are believed to be inoperable, exacerbating delays and waits in voting. At the Bayland Community Center in Houston, long lines test the patience of scores of voters waiting to cast their ballot. This conduct must stop immediately because it sends the message that their vote is not important. This is not consistent with the message that “every vote counts.”

Join Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, along with Commissioner Rodney Ellis, as they share these accounts, demand that these irregularities be corrected, and assure voters that their votes count and will be counted.

WHO: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, together with Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, and other lawyers and legal professionals

WHAT: Press Conference on voting irregularities and difficulties

WHERE: NAACP Local Office – 2002 Wheeler Avenue, Houston, TX

WHEN: TODAY - Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 3 p.m. C.S.T.