Election integrity is a top priority for the Texas Legislature this year, but it’s Florida’s governor who has taken the lead on proposing measures to safeguard elections. Will Texas follow? On February 1, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named election integrity an...
Election integrity legislation received fast-track status from the governor this week, but citizen advocates are waiting to see what specific reforms lawmakers will deliver. At the State of the State address on Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named election integrity...
Vulnerabilities in our nation’s election integrity that have been exposed in this year’s presidential election exist in Texas as well. The Texas Legislature must act to secure our elections to prevent our state from ending up in a possible future scenario of electoral...
In an interview with Texas Scorecard, JoAnn Fleming of Grassroots America – We the People describes the vulnerabilities still in place within the elections process and how citizens can guard the integrity of their vote. Election integrity issues have popped up all...
As voters across Texas began heading to the polls this week, turning out in record numbers to early vote in-person, local election officials received a reminder that masks are not mandated inside polling places. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter...
On Tuesday, citizens won another victory against coronavirus tyranny when they held Southlake Mayor Laura Hill accountable for mandating masks when voting—which violates one of the exceptions listed in the governor’s mask mandate. Hill responded appropriately to...
Elections in Texas are not secure, and in the past, shady operators have stolen elections through mail-in ballot fraud. As Democrats nationwide push for massive mail-in balloting, Texans must act now and next year to guard the integrity of the cornerstone of our...
This week, Harris County commissioners, at the behest of interim County Clerk Chris Hollins, green-lit spending a whopping $17 million on a slew of last-minute alterations to how the county will handle this year’s election. Harris, like other Democrat-controlled...
State officials are launching an investigation into alleged voter fraud after receiving a citizen complaint about mail-ballot harvesting in Harris County. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office notified local resident Colleen Vera earlier this week that they are...
Leaders from grassroots organizations across the great state of Texas come together to discuss how Texans, not the government, need to be the ones who save Texas. Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens will host the forum and take questions from viewers....
Episode 96: Cary Cheshire, Ross Kecseg, and Brandon Waltens drop by the 1836 Studios to discuss the latest from around the Lone Star State with TSR host Tony McDonald. US Congressman Lance Gooden (R – TX) discusses the budget, the border, and more in this...
Episode 90: Brandon Waltens stops by to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott’s unconstitutional executive order to save the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners. Erin Anderson recaps a race for mayor that saw a well known liberal Republican soundly defeated. Direct...
Texas authorities have charged another noncitizen with voter fraud. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday an investigation by his Election Fraud Unit resulted in the arrest of a Navarro County woman who voted illegally in November 2016. Marites Canete Curry, a...
After Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos stepped down and Gov. Greg Abbott appointed David Whitley, his former Deputy Chief of Staff, to the position, grassroots leaders are imploring Abbott and Whitley to enforce election law and tamp down on voter fraud. As...
A noncitizen who illegally voted five times in Texas is still headed to jail after losing her appeal. Texas’ 2nd Court of Appeals upheld the voter fraud conviction of Mexican national Rosa Maria Ortega. A Tarrant County jury found Ortega guilty in 2017 of two counts...
In a county that’s become a “hotbed” of mail ballot voter fraud, Republicans were forced to file a cease and desist letter against Democrats blocking access to the mail ballot review process during the first week of early voting. Dallas County Republican Party General...
For years, illegal mail ballot harvesters have been rumored to be operating in Tarrant County, allegedly paid by political campaigns seeking to steal votes from senior citizens. Now it appears the harvesters are getting caught. Two years after Texas Scorecard first...
A former Democratic Party official is accused of funding an organized voter fraud ring busted earlier this month that targeted elderly and incapacitated voters in north Fort Worth. In court documents filed Tuesday, state prosecutors allege former Tarrant County...
A North Texas school district used controversial, and possibly illegal, tactics to help ensure passage of a property tax rate proposition that will result in more tax revenue for the district and higher tax bills for taxpayers. A joint investigation by Direct Action...
Episode 47: Host Tony McDonald chats with Ross Kecseg, Brandon Waltens, and Jacob Asmussen to get the latest from around Texas. Kara Belew of Texas Public Policy Foundation is back to discuss the state’s new A-F grading system for public schools in this...
