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Culpepper Plaza nes ient!^^ Page 4 The Battalion Friday, December 2,1988 County official says state action spooked voters AUSTIN (AP) — The secretary of state’s office blew an honest error out of proportion with charges of ballot fraud, causing chaos and fear among voters, a Hidalgo County of ficial told legislators Thursday. Billy Leo, Hidalgo County clerk, said Assistant Secretary of State Ran dall Erben panicked voters when he ordered the impounding of absentee ballots before the Nov. 8 general election. “He scared the daylights out of most people voting absentee in Hi dalgo County,” Leo told the House Elections Committee. “What oc curred was chaos.” The secretary of state’s office or dered the impounding of about 1,300 absentee ballots because of an error on the paper ballot that Erben said confused and could have dis qualified ballots cast by people who wanted to vote for Republican George Bush for president and Democrat Lloyd Bentsen for Senate. After the ballot was corrected, all those who used the first ballot were mailed a second ballot. State Rep. Alex Moreno, D-Edin- burg, said the election in mostly His panic Hidalgo County was marred by Erben’s actions, coupled with Election Day orders by Secretary of State Jack Rains, a Republican, to beef up enforcement at the polls. “I thought the process was greatly abused,” Moreno said. “There was harassment of election officials, occurred in the general election, but that these were not publicized as in cidents of voter fraud. Judith Sanders-Castro, an attor ney for the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said Rains’ actions during the election il lustrated a pattern of abusing his of fice’s authority. In a lawsuit, MALDEF challenged Rains’ orders to increase enforce ment at the polls. Rains rescinded those orders before the election, but not before minority voters had been intimidated, Sanders-Castro said. Officials try to help settle man’s estate “He scared the daylights\ out of most people voting absentee in Hidalgo County. What occurred was chaos. ” — Billy Leo Hidalgo County clerk there was intimidation of voters that was carried out in part by the secre tary of state’s office.” Moreno said he was considering legislation to take administration of elections out of the hands of the sec retary of state, who is appointed by the governor, and placing it under an independent, non-partisan com mission. Rep. Ernestine Glossbrenner, D- Alice, chairman of the Elections Committee, said the panel would probably take no action on allega tions of voter intimidation, but she said the hearing was necessary. “We need to be sure that not only is our election process fair, but that it’s perceived to be fair,” Glossbren ner said. Rains and Erben were not present at the meeting, citing prior commit tments. But Tom Harrison, director of elections for the office, attended and rebuffed the charges leveled against the secretary of state. “What we wanted to do was have the most honest, clean election that this state ever had,” Harrison said. Leo told the committee that Erben made his charges in a hews confer ence before even contacting the county official about the ballot error and trying to correct it. Leo also missed the mistake when he proofread the ballot, he said, but added, “He (Erben) never called my office. If a call had been made, maybe this press confe?fence wouldn’t have been held.” Harrison said he tried to contact Leo, but was unable to reach him. “We were concerned that nothing was being done,” Harrison said. “The assistant secretary of state felt that we needed immediate action to get it taken care of.” State Rep. A.M. “Bob” Aikin, D- Commerce, and a member of the committee, said other ballot mistakes What’s Up Warpe HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas attorney general’s office and the Harris County attorney have come to the aid of an 81-year-old man who wants to donate his estate to the Houston Audubon Society as a wild life refuge, despite his status as a fi nancial incompetent. “He’s expressed an intent to leave his property to charity for the public good and that is exactly the kind of interest our section is charged with protecting,” Rose Ann Reeser, chief of the charitable trusts section of the Texas attorney general’s office, said. Elmer Kleb, who has lived all his life on the wooded property near Tomball, is prohibited from donat ing his 119-acre estate to anybody because a jury last year declared him incompetent to manage his financial affairs, said attorney Ja:mes Wyckoff, who represents Kleb’s estate. The incompetency action blocked foreclosure efforts by the Tomball school district, which sought a large portion- of Kleb’s property because the elderly man had not paid taxes since the early 1970s. Reeser said she met recently with Kleb and toured his property, but has not yet determined what role her agency may play in the case. “I’ll have to do some research on the legal issues and talk to the va rious parties involved to see if there is any way we can work it out so Mr. Kleb can keep his land and it can be kept as a wilderness,” Reeser told the Houston Post. Kleb owes about $150,000 in taxes, penalties and interest to Har ris County and the Tomball and Waller school districts, and his debts to attorneys amount to about $50,000. The property is valued at $750,000. Harris County Attorney Mike Driscoll said Wednesday he also is “trying to search out any possibilities that can be created to preserve that piece of property” as a wildlife ref- u g e - “I’m personally willing to get in volved to see what can be worked out,” Driscoll said. Kleb said he failed to pay taxes be cause he had no income and no money, but rejected the idea of sell ing parts of his estate to developers because he does not want to whittle down the wilderness to only a small plot of land. Wyckoff said that even if Kleb were able to donate the land, it would be in his best interest to sell instead because the elderly man needs financial security in case he becomes ill. Houston Audubon Society spokesman Ted Eubanks, however, said the group would be willing to raise funds to care for Kleb, and per haps even appoint him lifetime care taker of the property so he can live out his remaining years in his farm house. Friday MANAGEMENT 481: Mr. Frank Muller will speak at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker. KAMI! 90.9 FM: will simulcast the Dan Del Santo concert at 9 p.m. atBri Landing. SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION: will have a pre-finals party at p.m. in the Parkway Circle party room. CYCLING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. at Zephyr’s. OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: will have a Christmas semi-formal dance at 8p.m.s the Hilton. Call the OCC at 845-1741 for more information. PARENTS’ WEEKEND COMMITTEE: Parents of the year applications * available in the Student Programs Office, Sterling C. Evans Library and Ihesl dent government office through Feb. 10. Saturday RIO BRAZOS AUDUBON SOCIETY: will meet at 8 a.m. in the RudderTw parking lot to go to Brazos Bottoms and Lake Somerville for a field trip. STUDENT Y/AGGIE FRIENDS: will have a Christmas Party with ths Boys Club at 1 p.m. at A&M Methodist Youth Center on Church Street. DELTA SIGMA PI: will have a child identification program from 10 a.m. at Post Oak Mall. STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL AS» CIATION: will have a free car wash all day at Mama’s Pizza. ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a pot luck dinner® gift exchange party at 7 p.m. in 145 MSC. MARRIED STUDENT APARTMENT COUNCIL: will have an end of semes; garage sale from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the M.S.A.C. council room andapartrrr office parking lot. CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a Christmas Semite dance at 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center. VIETNAMESE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will haveasemi-te graduation party from 8:30 p.m. to midnight in 225 MSC. LATIN GROUP: will have a Christmas party at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Church. Waldo Sunday AGGIE ALLEMANDERS: will have a graduation dance at 7:30 p.m. in!5 MSC. TAMU INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANGERS: will demonstrate and teach‘5. dancing from 8-10 p.m. in 226 MSC. ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.: will have a Founder s Daycelete; at 4 p.m. in 601 Rudder. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: will meet at 8:30 p m. in 607fo: der. STUDENT Y ASSOCIATION: will have a non-denominational yuletideservice; 7 p.m. at the All Faiths Chapel. Monday no STUDENT Y ASSOCIATION: will have a yuletide party beginning at 10:30a-1 on the second floor of the Pavilion. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 407 Rudder. ON CAMPUS CATHOLICS: will have an ice cream social at 9 p.m. at31 Treais CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a Bible study at 9:30p.nu the student center. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216te McDonald, no later than three business days before the desired run dale, Hi only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us lo dost What's Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities, missions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee? entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. DALLAS Mike Mullen oil rigs. The three years of th< 1980s. He’s during thre years the dc ling equiprr seen. Mullen gc 1975 and ha ever since Officials suspect fraudulent papers for many aliens AUSTIN (AP) — While thou sands of illegal aliens who worked in agricultural jobs met the deadline for a special immigration amnesty program, government officials say they will try to have many of the ap plications rejected as fraudulent. Officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, who adminis ter the amnesty program, said they will immediately begin a review of the paperwork because they suspect at least 30 percent of the applica tions are based on fraudulent docu ments. “I think clearly there is some fraud in there, and we’ve said it probably runs 30 percent or maybe higher,” Duke Austin, an INS spokesman at the agency’s Washing ton, D.C., headquarters, said. Austin said the 1 million-plus ap plications for the Special Agricultu ral Worker program, known as the SAW program, have been triple what the government estimated. Despite the allegations of fraud, INS legalization offices in Austin and elsewhere were working over time on Wednesday to take the last applications. “It’s (turnout) pretty good,” Lynn Cosentine, director of the Austin le galization office, said. Cosentine said that more it 10,000 people had applied forr nesty under the SAW prop through the Austin office. Because the SAW program much less stringent regulationsii the general amnesty prograra- plicants must only proved worked in agriculture for 90 during certain years — manyi aliens are applying. And ad those who qualified forthegers amnesty program, SAW appfc do not have to be tested for Eni proficiency or American history Several men applying for legs! tion in Austin said they picked SAW program because they'd* have enough documentationtof ily for the general amnesty gram. That program required alif prove, among other things,tha had resided in the United SH since Jan. 1, 1982. The minimuu quirement for the SAW prof asked aliens to prove only than worked in certain U.S. agricoi jobs for 90 days before May 19ft Asencion Flores-Guerra, a year-old farm worker from the'* lean state of San Luis Potosi,sai has been working in Texas 1970. WELCOMES LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY Friday Dec 2,1988 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 P.M. Tickets Only $2.50 Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office . * For more information call 845-1234 money in tl that his care It could l timing: Ma Dallas nativ< Mark’s Schc an All-Ame sity. In 197; Miami Dolp rookie seas< phins as the ings for t! Super Bowl “I had an the rival W< a lot mon thought w; Mullen said ban Highla cratered. I unstable th; be.” And so h ending his career, and career — in But Mull the industry tage. 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