(FROM 2022) 7 Steps for Regaining Control of Texas Elections
May 2022
Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States
“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”
Article 6, Section 2, (c) of the Constitution of the Great State of Texas
“The privilege of free suffrage shall be protected by laws regulating elections and prohibiting under adequate penalties all undue influence in elections from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.”
Amend Texas Election Code Chapter 128
The Texas State House and Senate must immediately amend this chapter with a provision preventing the Secretary of State, any SOS employees, from effectively advising county officials to, or how to violate State Election Codes with suspect legal opinions.
Codify Executive-Level Responsibilities
The Secretary of State shall be responsible for monitoring all registrations for Texas moving into a new county, as well as new residents of the State. County-level registrars must be ordered to send reconciliation forms (17-1) to confirm the lawful, in-county addresses of new voters to the State and County. This data must be forwarded to the SoS who shall suspend all registrations unverified 30 days before the next election. If this cannot happen, the Legislature must consider completely removing all voters from the database and encourage county-level, in-person registration renewals for Texas Voters wishing to participate in Texas Elections.
Codify County-Level Responsibilities
New registrations shall be vetted where they are collected, at the county level. A 17-1 form should be part of the vetting process to ensure the new registrant is a lawful, in-county, resident. All registrations for voters who moved to another precinct or county must be reconciled within 30 days, with the previous entry being removed from the registry at the county level. All new entries must be reconciled through the Secretary of State’s office using a set of forms asking the SoS to order the removal of the previous registration. All of this shall be explained to the newly registered voters.
Law Enforcement Officers who do not want their home addresses listed should be collectively registered at County Courthouses. Provisional ballots should be processed by the Ballot Board, and not the County Registrar, who is responsible for removing unlawful registrations from the county rolls.
Add or Enhance Due Penalties to New and Existing Election Codes
Violation of Texas Election Codes must be associated with a due penalty, and Poll Watchers must not be targeted for documenting the issues while our State and County Election Officers are caught mishandling records.
Establish and Codify an Enforcement Mechanism
There is currently no authority responsible for enforcing Texas Election Laws, as the only advisory role having any authority over the State’s elections, the SOS, has taken the position that they may so loosely interpret the laws that they effectively change the statutorily required process set out by the Legislature.
Reconcile Contradictory Election Codes with Texas Constitution, US Constitution and Federal Law
There must exist no contradictory Election Codes within the Texas Statutes. If one code establishes the need to vote in-precinct for accurate reporting and auditability reasons, a new code may not authorize the circumvention of the original code which more closely adheres to the Suffrage clause in Texas’s Constitution. All State Election Codes must be reconciled with the State and National Constitutions, as well as Federal Law.
Resolutions for Amending Party Rules
Attend your Precinct and Senate District, and State Conventions as a Delegate for your party. Draft and consolidate resolutions for Election Integrity to be passed through the State Convention and SREC, so that you might effectively change the rules of the Republican Party of Texas platform. This brings all future Republican Party Candidates into compliance with the will of the State’s Executive Committee, as determined by you as a Delegate and your respective county’s executive committee.
©Aubree Campbell 2022