ACTION ALERT from Texas First
This alert is the most important ACTION ALERT you have received from Texas First thus far! PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH AND SHARE AS IF YOUR COUNTRY DEPENDS ON IT , WHICH IN FACT IT DOES!!!
Thanks to Representative Steve Toth, we have a bill, HB5234, that would return elections back to the citizens, taking control out of the hands of the corporations who currently control every aspect of our elections. While putting safeguards in place to ensure that our elections are conducted with accuracy, transparency and accountability, HB5234 needs to be heard by the House Elections Committee by April 20th so that we can get this bill to the House floor for a vote. To date, none of the election bills scheduled for committee hearings address the elephants in the room: the machines and the election system vendors!! The machines must go! The outsourcing of the elections must go!!!
Key components of the bill:
Secure hand marked paper ballots
Paper poll books
Strong chain of custody measures
Precinct only voting
Hand counted ballots (in person and absentee) at the precinct polling location
Video recording of hand counting the ballots at closing on election day
We ask you to take the following actions to not only advocate for the House Elections Committee hearing on HB5234, but to let elected officials know you support them for doing so:
1. Call Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Speaker of the House, and Chairman Reggie Smith, Texas House Elections Committee Chairman, by pressing the numbers below and expressing the urgent need to have a committee hearing on HB5234. And yes, you can call them everyday until a hearing is scheduled !!! This can not be put off any longer, our election insecurities must be addressed fully in this session.
Speaker Dade Phelan (512) 463-1000
Chairman Reggie Smith (512) 463-0297
2. We have partnered with ACT FOR AMERICA to multiply our efforts in getting this bill heard before April 20th. Please go to their platform@ https://www.actforamerica.org/act-now/No-Voting-Machines-2024 and follow their instructions. It will send out additional supporting emails on your behalf to ALL Texas State elected officials, you can sign their petition to ban voting machines, and can call all the elected officials you would like.
3. Use our form to send an email, call and/or tweet your specific elected House Representative. The message will ask for your House Representative to sign on as a Co-sponsor to HB5234 and will state that you fully support and appreciate their courageous stand. A separate message will go to Governor Greg Abbott emphasizing the importance of addressing our elections fully in this session. It can not be put off any longer. He needs to make sure that there is a public committee hearing on HB5234. Please be sure that you cycle through and send both messages, one to your Representative, and one to the Governor.
Doing the above will only take a few minutes to complete. Your efforts are vital to securing our elections!
Not Everyone can do Great Things, but Everyone can do Small Things Greatly!
We need you!!!