The Elections Committee of the 80th Legislative session will commence their regular meetings starting tomorrow Wednesday 2/14. The hearing tomorrow is an organizational meeting with testimony by invited witnesses only. The meeting is open to the public.
2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
PLACE: E2.028
CHAIR: Rep. Leo Berman
Invited testimony will be from the offices of:
The Secretary of State and
The Texas Ethics Commission
Here's a list of media stories reporting problems with electronic voting systems. The biggest story was the 100,000 over vote count in Tarrant county using Hart Intercivic's eSlate system. Yesterday however, the SOS actually stopped a recount in Tom Green County due to vote tally discrepancies. They use Hart Intercivic's eSlate system as well.
There has been a great deal of discussion concerning swinging Texas back towards blue in 06, so I think it is time we start figuring out what, beyond rhetoric must start happening in order to make this a reality. While working toward this end we should keep in mind the potential impact that GOTV efforts in the 06 elections may have on the 08 elections. While having more Democrats in state offices will certainly help, and certainly we have an opportunity to potentially unseat some Republicans in the U.S. congress this cycle, the effects of what we do here, in 06, to build a voter base will likely impact the 08 elections more strongly than it does even the upcoming elections in November.
