Gregg County Commissioner gets probation after admitting to mail ballot harvesting.

Gregg County Commissioner gets probation after admitting to mail ballot harvesting.
In light of nationwide election integrity concerns, Texas’ own vulnerabilities must be buttoned up in 2021.
Four suspects charged in connection with an organized mail-ballot vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democrat primary election.
Texans must be on guard to protect their vote this year and beyond.
Amid Democrat lawsuits to expand vote-by-mail, a local citizen’s complaint leads to an investigation of possible illegal mail-ballot harvesting in a Democrat primary.
Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging state and federal lawsuits brought by the Texas Democrat Party attempting to bypass the legislature’s voting integrity laws in court.
Commissioners’ vote-by-mail resolution is not a binding order but is certain to cause confusion among voters and may put the county at risk of criminal sanctions.
Commissioner John Wiley Price proposes allowing any Dallas County voter the option to cast a mail-in ballot.
Whoever county commissioners appoint to replace Trautman will have just a few months to prepare for the November 2020 presidential election.
Texas Public Policy Foundation’s latest initiative aims to combat fraud and corruption in the voting process.