AUSTIN — With more than 200 voting-related bills already filed, elections remain a center stage issue this year for the Texas Legislature. With recent...
One proposal that has caught the attention of watchdog organizations isfrom Cypress Republican Rep. Tom Oliverson. His bill would give the Texas secretary of state, an appointee of the governor, the power to fire an elections administrator. That power is typically reserved for the county commissioners who hire an elections administrator.
Houston Republican Sen. Paul Bettencourt also had Harris County in mind when he filed Senate Bill 220, a bill that would create a state police force focused on elections. “You want rational top-down guidelines for elections, because they’re too important to fail,” Bettencourt said. Royse City’s Slaton has filed a law targeting district attorneys who refuse to prosecute voter fraud. His proposal,, would create a civil process for lawsuits against district attorneys who do not prosecute election fraud.
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