Help Hervis Rogers

Update: yesterday afternoon The Bail Project posted Hervis Rogers’ bail amount in full in Montgomery County.

This GoFundMe was originally created to raise $10,000 to post the 10% of the $100,000 bail before there was any word of The Bail Project getting involved.  I originally anticipated that we wouldn’t even get near the $10,000 goal. So it has been amazing to see what has happened here. 

What I would like to do with the money is transfer it to Mr. Rogers’ attorneys trust account to aid in paying his legal fees and for the general benefit of Mr. Rogers. I’m assuming most who donated are fine with that plan.

Ill be coordinating with both GoFundMe and his attorneys next week to figure out the best plan of action.

To date, none of the money has been withdrawn.

Thanks,

Sam 

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I'm sure many of you remember the story of Hervis Rogers--a Harris County, Texas resident who waited six hours to cast a ballot at Texas Southern University during the presidential election in November 2020. Mr. Rogers, who works two jobs, arrived at the polls around 7:00PM after beginning his work day thirteen hours earlier. He eventually cast his ballot for Joe Biden around 1:00AM that night.

Mr. Rogers was arrested on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at his home in the South Acres neighborhood of Houston in Attorney General Ken Paxton's multi-million dollar taxpayer funded attempt to uncover voter fraud.

Mr. Rogers was arrested for voting in the Democratic primary 3 months before his 15 year parole was set to end. Mr. Rogers was arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison for burglary in 1995. He was out on parole since May 20, 2004 and his parole was set to end on June 13, 2020.

Mr. Rogers thought he was eligible to vote when he cast his ballot, which makes sense as you have to be a registered Democrat to vote in the primary!

AG Paxton is prosecuting the case in Montgomery County, one of the most conservative venues in the entire state, even though Mr. Rogers lives in Harris County and cast his ballot in Harris County. The only reason Paxton brought this case in Montgomery County is because he thought it would be an easier venue in which to convict Mr. Rogers. This is a grave miscarriage of justice--something that is very familiar to Mr. Paxton, who himself is under indictment on felony security fraud charges.

Judge Lisa Michalk set Mr. Rogers bail at $100,000. This is, and I can't think of another word for it, absolutely insane.

I am trying to raise money to bail Mr. Rogers out of jail. He is being held on an unreasonably high bail amount that he cannot afford because he thought he was fulfilling his civic duty to vote.

Please donate what you can. I will start off by donating $500.

Thank you.