817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show
Nov 2, 2026 · 55 min · 8 segments
**SHORT STORY 1: Ballot Board Concerns**…
EJ CarrionHost
Wesley KirkHost
So starting out, we have with short story number one, some ballot board concerns.

There have been a couple articles that have come out recently that seem like reason for a tinfoil hat.

First of all, what really got me, so shout out Stephen Lawrence, who for a while, Stephen Lawrence is someone who he's always early, so early that sometimes you question him.

Like, all right, man, are you serious right now? But he was telling me about the concerns about the ballot board for a long time because the ballot board is supposed to be makeup of 27 people.

And the reason why they include the Libertarians is because they get to play as much more of the neutral party who respects democracy in the sense of like, you know, it's not subjective that one side's trying to get leverage on the other side.

So the Libertarians play a very big part on counting the election and ensuring that it's counted correctly.

And oftentimes this ballot board includes a lot of lawyers and very white collar job, like nuanced wonky people who really want to defend democracy.

What he was sharing way like months ago, and I wasn't giving him enough time a day, but we're now here.

Alison Campolo, let's be clear, Dr. Alison Campolo, who is a legit scientist, who is legit someone who acts and operates off of objectivity, comes out of the ballot board meeting and does a five-minute rant about the concerns and unethical behavior of the Republicans within the control of this process.

So when you look at the Star-Telegram report, what they're talking about is that they're not scheduling people who are on the ballot board at equitable amounts.

So currently, it's like all nine Republicans are getting scheduled, but only three Democrats and three Libertarians.

And some of these Libertarians and some of these Democrats are saying they have not been scheduled and almost boxed out.

But even in Alison Campolo's monologue where she talked about this concern, She says that the Republicans hang out in the room before that, like, you know, if they got to get there at 8 a.m., they're already talking shop in the room where the ballots are just having a hangout session.

And to make matters even worse, by the code in Texas, you can't have someone on the ballot board who actually has someone on the ballot.

She was accused of stealing signs, campaign signs, because her husband Aaron is running for his second term on city council.

Yes, and Amy Super, I'm about to tell you who the Amy Super is, because I know you don't even know who it is.

So starting out, we have with short story number one, some ballot board concerns.

There have been a couple articles that have come out recently that seem like reason for a tinfoil hat.

First of all, what really got me, so shout out Stephen Lawrence, who for a while, Stephen Lawrence is someone who he's always early, so early that sometimes you question him.

Like, all right, man, are you serious right now? But he was telling me about the concerns about the ballot board for a long time because the ballot board is supposed to be makeup of 27 people.

And the reason why they include the Libertarians is because they get to play as much more of the neutral party who respects democracy in the sense of like, you know, it's not subjective that one side's trying to get leverage on the other side.

So the Libertarians play a very big part on counting the election and ensuring that it's counted correctly.

And oftentimes this ballot board includes a lot of lawyers and very white collar job, like nuanced wonky people who really want to defend democracy.

What he was sharing way like months ago, and I wasn't giving him enough time a day, but we're now here.

Alison Campolo, let's be clear, Dr. Alison Campolo, who is a legit scientist, who is legit someone who acts and operates off of objectivity, comes out of the ballot board meeting and does a five-minute rant about the concerns and unethical behavior of the Republicans within the control of this process.

So when you look at the Star-Telegram report, what they're talking about is that they're not scheduling people who are on the ballot board at equitable amounts.

So currently, it's like all nine Republicans are getting scheduled, but only three Democrats and three Libertarians.

And some of these Libertarians and some of these Democrats are saying they have not been scheduled and almost boxed out.

But even in Alison Campolo's monologue where she talked about this concern, She says that the Republicans hang out in the room before that, like, you know, if they got to get there at 8 a.m., they're already talking shop in the room where the ballots are just having a hangout session.

And to make matters even worse, by the code in Texas, you can't have someone on the ballot board who actually has someone on the ballot.

She was accused of stealing signs, campaign signs, because her husband Aaron is running for his second term on city council.

Yes, and Amy Super, I'm about to tell you who the Amy Super is, because I know you don't even know who it is.
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