Dallas County Lawyers Up In HD105 Recount

The Dallas Morning News reports that Dallas County has hired the Munck Carter legal firm to represent the county in the federal voting rights lawsuit brought against it by the Texas Democratic Party over the ongoing fracas in the Texas House District 105 recount.

The Texas Democratic Party's suit states that all straight party votes cast on electronic voting machines should be counted for each candidate. As the situation currently stands, some of those votes have been thrown out because of the way the electronic voting machines deselect the vote for the candidate when the voter "emphasis votes" for a particular candidate after selecting the option for straight party vote.