TCAN

TCAN has been diligently researching the issue of voter fraud. We’ve looked at the following allegations:
1) Voters are using false identification at the polls.
2) Non-citizens are somehow registering to vote.
Based on our findings, we are very surprised to hear what House Elections Committee Chairman Leo Berman has been stating in response to TCAN activists’ […]

Despite the hundreds of phonecalls and emails made by concerned voters over the past few days to its members, the Texas House Elections Committee this afternoon passed HB 218 and CSHB 626 (a committee substitute to the original bill that made it less redundant with HB 218) — two bills that create financial and […]

The response to our special Action Alert today on the so-called Voter ID bills has been phenomenal. We want to thank the many of you who have let us know that you already called, emailed, or faxed the members of the House Elections Committee to tell them to vote NO on HB 218 and […]

…upon hearing that they’re trying to take the vote away again.
In response to Monday’s missive on ratifying the 24th Amendment and the proposed voter suppression bills the Lege is considering, you told us loud and clear that Texas should be the 41st state to ratify and that you don’t believe the pro-suppression advocates who […]

One of the most frightening things we have observed in watching the goings-on in the Texas House’s Election Committee hearings is the use of scare tactics to promote legislation that restricts voting.
Voter restriction advocates claim there is rampant voter fraud (people voting under a false identification or voting for a dead person, etc., not election […]

We got a number of responses to our message yesterday regarding the Villareal redistricting bill. Here’s an especially heartfelt one:
… my parents and extended family who do live in [Rep Crabb’s] district were once very true and loyal conservative Republicans. …since the Tom Delay fiasco I’ve noticed them becoming increasingly apathetic… Most of them […]

HJR 101, Rep. Mike Villarreal’s constitutional amendment resolution for an independent redistricting commission that we helped formulate, was referred to the House Redistricting Committee today. After meeting with Chairman Joe Crabb’s chief of staff (who is also clerk of the committee), we believe it will get a hearing, along with several other bills on […]

Some good news from today’s House Elections Committee hearing:
(1) It started on time! (2) It ended at a reasonable time! (3) The committee passed HB 158, by Rep. Elliott Naishtat (as amended slightly by a committee substitute), which would require reporting of the cash value or fair market value of all gifts to public […]

Another big day at the capitol began with our participation in an excellent press conference organized by Sen. Rodney Ellis to show solid opposition to several onerous voter ID bills now making their way through the House (unfondly referred to as “voter roadblock” bills).
Senator Leticia van de Putte and Reps. Alma Allen, Rafael Anchía, […]

I am delighted to report that State Rep. Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio) yesterday filed redistricting reform legislation containing specific provisions that TCAN proposed.
The constitutional amendment resolution, HJR 101, and its enabling legislation, HB 3389, call for an independent redistricting commission that takes the process out of the hands of the partisan, conflict-ridden legislature and ensures […]