A tale of two cities or Marble Ice Cream

I haven’t done the research yet, but we know that Texas still has roughly 200,000 Katrina Victims from the New Orleans area and specifically, Houston still has about 100,000. On April 22, 2006, many of these were bused back to New Orleans to vote in the Mayoral election to insure Nagin’s dream of a chocolate city. But wait, they came back to Houston after voting and are still here. Will these Katrina victims be the largest group yet, to vote in two Mayoral elections in two cities in two states in the same year?

I heard this bantered about last week on the radio and have been pondering the thought for a few days. It is an interesting concept and would be very easy for them to do. I believe that if you can show 90 days residence, you can vote. Anyone want to bet whether there are members of the donkeys out there right now helping Katrina Victims meet the registration requirements for voting in Houston in November?

Texas Voter Registration Requirements
You must:
• Be a citizen of the United States
• Be a resident of the county in which the application for registration is made
• Be at least 17 year and 10 months old (you must be 18 to vote)
• Not be finally convicted of a felony. (Felons regain the right to register when pardoned, two years after receiving a certificate of discharge from the appropriate correction institution, or two years after completing a period of probation.)
• Have not been declared mentally incompetent by final judgment of a court of law