Jul 26, 2017 | Campaign News
Special Session: A bill intended to prevent mail-in ballot fraud was passed by the Senate, 21-10. Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) would increase penalties for voter fraud committed via mail-in ballots, particularly for individuals...
Jul 23, 2017 | Campaign News
Special Session: The Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously approved a bill intended to prevent mail-in ballot fraud. Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) would increase penalties for voter fraud committed via mail-in ballots, particularly...
Jul 21, 2017 | Campaign News
Special Session: On Sunday, the Senate State Affairs Committee will hear testimony on a bill intended to prevent mail-in ballot fraud. Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) would increase penalties for voter fraud committed via mail-in ballots,...
Jul 20, 2017 | Campaign News
Special Session: Gov. Greg Abbott formally expanded the special session call to include the 19 items previously included in a draft supplemental call. The Dallas Morning News published an op-ed by Abbott on the subject. HD37: Rep. Rene Oliveira (D-Brownsville)...
Jul 18, 2017 | Campaign News
Special Session Fundraising: Unlike during a regular session of the Texas Legislature, state officials and lawmakers may accept contributions during a special session. Elected officials who accept a contribution during the reporting period, which began on July 10,...
Jul 17, 2017 | Campaign Finance
Special Session: A called session of the Texas Legislature will convene tomorrow at 10 a.m. At this point, only a single item – adjusting the Sunset review dates for several agencies – is on the call, but Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to add 19 other items via a...
Jul 10, 2017 | By the Numbers
At Least 34 Number of special sessions of the Texas Legislature for which at least one election-related issue was part of the call since 1921. Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a call for a special session to convene next week, and ballot-by-mail voter fraud is one of the...
Jul 10, 2017 | breaking-news, Legislation
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Legislature to convene at 10 a.m. on July 18 to extend the expiration dates of several healthcare occupational licensing agencies. He also published “an unsigned working draft” of a “supplemental...
Jun 6, 2017 | Campaign News
Gov. Greg Abbott called the Texas Legislature back into session on July 18 to address Sunset legislation that needed to pass during the regular session. Once that has been accomplished, Abbott promised to add 19 more items to the special session call including...
