Khambrel Marshall spoke to the Harris County Attorney about the law that abolishes the Harris County Election Administrator’s Office.
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee discusses the state law that abolishes the elections office.The Lorelle Scholarship Fund celebrates a big achievement.Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee discusses electionsStill smarting from the Texas Supreme Court ruling that takes away Harris County’s election administrator, County Attorney Christian Menefee says the state is unjustly focused on the efforts of Harris County.
“I can recall vividly being out in the 5th Ward area, walking around with a community member,” he said. “And her telling me, ‘in this household you had two members who died from cancer. In this household one of the children had cancer. In this household the grandmother had cancer.’ It’s an issue that folks have turned their back on for far too long.”HOUSTON NEWSMAKERS EXTRA WITH CHRISTIAN MENEFEE.Harris County District Clerk Marilyn Burgess says jury duty pay is now much less of a problem.
“Now we send out a reminder a week prior to service and another email reminder and text message the day before,” Burgess said.
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