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Texas Redistricting Maps: Supreme Court Orders Released
Photo Source: http://www.supremecourt.gov
Looks like it is back to square one for Texans.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court shared their ruling saying no to the redistricting maps . You can read the order here.
Texas is still without maps for the primary elections this spring, possibly resulting in elections that will be held later than April 3rd.
What are your thoughts? How does this affect the voter morale, in your opinion? Will voters be discouraged to get out and vote in the primary?
Mark Your Calendar: Executive Committee Meeting Notice for Tarrant County Republican Party
TARRANT COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Executive Committee Meeting Notice
Monday, January 30, 2012
6:30 p.m. Social
7:00 p.m. Meeting
Location:
CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
School Cafeteria
1401 Oakhurst Scenic Dr.
Fort Worth, Texas 76111
Please park in the front of the school, outside the fence. Or in the South Church parking lot.
Business Agenda:
- Opening Prayer and Pledge to the Flag
- Announcements
- Treasurer’s Report
- Fill vacancies in Executive Committee membership, if quorum is present
- Ratification of Appointive Officers, Area Leaders, and Standing Committee Chairmen
- Other Business, as allowed by the Executive Committee
Upon adjournment of the County Executive Committee meeting, the precinct chairs from each Senatorial District shall meet to elect their chairmen (for districts situated entirely in the county) or a precinct chair from their membership to serve on the District Executive Committee (for districts situated in more than one county) (Texas Election Code Sec. 171.051 – 171.054). If the Senate District lines are not yet finalized, the Senate District meetings shall be postponed subject to the call of the County Chair.
You can read the announcement in it’s entirety here.
Republican Party of Texas Files Advisory with U.S. Supreme Court
Below is information about the advisory filed on January 11, 2012, by The Republican Party of Texas with the United States Supreme Court informing them of the adverse consequences of moving a unified 2012 Texas Primary Election beyond early to mid April.
You can download the advisory here.
In stating the reason behind the advisory, RPT State Chairman Steve Munisteri said, “The RPT became concerned that the Supreme Court was under the mistaken impression that it was workable to hold a unified primary as late as June 26th. This concern arose from questioning of counsel by Justices Alito and Sotomayor at Monday’s Supreme Court hearing on Texas redistricting. A review of the transcripts of the hearing confirmed that the Justices had indeed been told that a Texas Primary as late as June 26th was workable.”
Munisteri continued, “In fact, as noted in my previous Chairman’s Report (see link here) it is impossible to have a single unified primary on June 26th and to still comply with our Texas Election Code. The reason is that the Election Code requires the Parties to have a state convention in June or July and then further mandates a process of selecting delegates to those conventions over a several weeks period of time. This requirement, combined with the time it takes to organize a state convention, would make it impossible to hold a primary as late as June 26th, and still have a convention in a timely fashion. In addition, it is not practically possible to reschedule either party’s state convention, which are scheduled for June 7-9 for the RPT, and June 8-9 for the Texas Democratic Party. The reason for this is that you have to line up a convention facility sometimes years in advance, and the State Party has already contracted with the Fort Worth Convention Center and surrounding hotels.”
The Chairman continued, “In addition to the the Party’s convention problems, there are other practical problems why a June 26th primary is unworkable. An immediate concern is the reported jump in cost to the taxpayers as a large number of polling locations in Texas are school facilities. While these locations are normally free in the spring, they would not be available in the summer, and/or there would be a charge to utilize them. Another looming problem is manpower – many of the workers required to hold the elections, have no doubt already planned for summer vacations during that time, or will be forced to obtain child care or weigh other conflicting considerations. Furthermore, it is also expected that voting during the summer months would lower voter turnout, to say nothing of the fact that the Presidential Primary will be of little or no importance on June 26th, as opposed to April 3rd. For these reasons, the State Party felt compelled to take the extraordinary step of forwarding an advisory to the U.S. Supreme Court to raise these issues. I would like to make particular note of the help we received from Austin attorney Chris Ward of the firm Yetter Coleman LLP in drafting the advisory. Chris generously donated his work pro bono, and we are very grateful for his service.”
New Hampshire Primary 2012: Three Questions We Want You to Answer
What are your thoughts about what transpired in New Hampshire last night?
New Hampshire Primary 2012:
Leave your insight in the comments.
Susan Todd, Campaign Kick-off
Pol. Adv. Paid for by the Susan Todd Campaign Stephen L. Brotherton, MD. treasurer
Volunteers needed
RPT Sponsors Habitat for Humanity Build in Fort Worth on November 30th
Dear Texas Republican,
With November already upon us, it is a time of great excitement in our political process, and the holiday season is rapidly approaching!
As Texas Republicans, we know that to whom much is given, much will be asked. Friends, today I write to you to ask if you would please consider joining with other members of the Republican Party of Texas in coming together this holiday season to help make this world a better place for a deserving family.
The RPT Volunteerism Committee, as part of our ongoing desire to be involved in community service, is sponsoring a build day for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Tarrant County – a group with the mission “to build homes and hope in partnership with God’s people.”
This Build Day will be on Wednesday, November 30th from 8:00am – 3:00pm, and the beneficiaries of the new home will be the Tabor Family, Ephrem and Lubaba, and children Natnael (10), Blen (21 months) and Kirubel (4 months). This family of five shares a small one bedroom apartment. Ephrem and Lubaba have rented for several years and they cannot afford to upgrade to a larger unit.
In partnership with Trinity Habitat for Humanity, the Republican Party of Texas is seeking volunteers for the first day of the build to help and to participate in raising the walls on the Tabor’s new home.
Trinity Habitat for Humanity has set up an online registration portal for us to use in signing up as many as 26 volunteers for the build day. Will you answer the call?
Please visit the portal link, and follow the instructions for registration. Remember to also fill out an online waiver while registering that will allow you to fully participate in the build. Once you are registered and logged into the site, search for “Republican Party of Texas” and sign up for the November 30th event by following the easy steps for signup on subsequent screens.
For more information, please view the following documents.
The first PDF gives the volunteer info and waiver form.
The second PDF tells more about the Tabor family.
The third PDF has the map to the build location.
If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, or are traveling to this part of Texas for Thanksgiving and the holiday season – please consider joining with us in volunteering your time and talents for this build. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact me at 817-925-3420 or email volunteerism@texasgop.org.
Sincerely,
Leslie Recine
Chairman, RPT Volunteerism Committee
State Republican Executive Committee, Senate District 10
Roger Williams Reception with Gov. Mike Huckabee
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Tarrant County US Senate Forum Tuesday
Tarrant County US Senate Forum
Sponsored by the Republican clubs in Tarrant County
Tuesday, Oct. 11th, 2011
6:15 p.m. Social in Fellowship Hall
7:00 p.m. Candidate Forum in Sanctuary
Location: Richland Hills United Methodist Church
7301 Glenview Drive,
Richland Hills, Texas 76180
Moderator: Mark Davis WBAP Talk Show Host and Columnist
Senatorial Candidates Participating:
Glen Addison
Andrew “Cas” Castanuela
Curt Cleaver
Ted Cruz
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Tom Leppert
Lela Pittenger
Parking is located on the West, North and East sides of the building. We will gather in the Family Life Center located on the West side of the complex.
Please join us for a fun & informative evening!
For questions please contact Mona Bailey at 817-577-0440 or email her at billmona_1@charter.net
Learn more about the 2012 Texas GOP candidates for US Senate.
Want to get involved locally? Join one of the Republican Clubs in Tarrant County.
