[Voterescue] [Fwd: House Election Committee Interim Hearing this Friday]

[Karen Renick]

/I received this message today from the Chief Clerk of the Texas House 
Committee on Elections about the Interim Hearing on Voter Fraud 
scheduled for this Friday, January 25 at 10:00 am. (For the agenda and 
room location in the Capitol, see the attached Word document.) There 
will be no public testimony permitted.  This hearing is for invited 
testimony only.  Presumably, though, testimony will be presented by 
individuals weighing in on either one side of the debate or the other.  
It should prove to be a very interesting day spent observing the members 
of the Elections Committee tangle with this highly controversial and 
politically-charged issue. 

As preparation for attending this Friday's hearing, Mr. Dudley 
recommended to me by phone today reading the oral arguments from the two 
Indiana Voter ID cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and 
Indiana Democratic Party v. Secretary Rokita //presented before the US 
Supreme Court just this past January 9, 2008.// They can be found at:  
_http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-21.pdf

_There will be additional Interim Hearings held monthly throughout the 
Spring and early summer and I will send out alerts when I receive notice 
from the Chief Clerk. Mr. Dudley has told me that the interim hearing on 
the use of electronic voting machines in Texas will occur sometime 
_after_ the March 4, 2008 Primaries.

See you at the Capitol on Friday!
_
_/

Greetings all interested parties, 

 

Attached is the agenda for the House Elections Committee Interim Hearing 
this Friday, January 25, 2008.  The charge we will be hearing is as 
assigned: 

 

Examine the prevalence of fraud in Texas elections, considering 
prosecution rates and measures for prevention.  Study new laws in other 
states regarding voter identification, and recommend statutory changes 
necessary to ensure that only eligible voters can vote in Texas 
elections.  Specifically study the Texas mail-in ballot system, the 
provisional voting system, and the various processes for purging voter 
lists of ineligible voters.

 

 

Remember it is invited testimony only and will probably last until 6:00 
pm or so.  We will be having a lunch break so you don't have to worry 
about not eating or leaving and missing something important. 

 

Yours truly,

 

Patrick Dudley

Chief Clerk

House Committee on Elections

Texas House of Representatives

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