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| February 2nd, 2012 by Cindy in WTP News Monday, February 6, 2012
New Heights Church, 1500 W. Hawkins Pkwy., Longview
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
THIS MEETING WILL BE A FORUM OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED IN GREGG COUNTY.
CANDIDATES CONFIRMED TO SPEAK:
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 9: RANDY STEVENSON
GREGG COUNTY PRECINCT 3 COMMISSIONER: GARY BOYD, BOBBY JOE BAKER, JOE PARKER, EDDY HOLLEY
GREGG COUNTY PRECINCT 3 CONSTABLE: MIKE BAGGETT, JR., JOHNNY EDWARDS
GREGG COUNTY PRECINCT 1 COMMISSIONER: CURTIS EDWARDS, RONNIE MCKINNEY
GREGG COUNTY PRECINCT 2 CONSTABLE: TOMMY RODGERS, BRIAN HOWELL, BILLY FORT
| February 1st, 2012 by Cindy in WTP News Delay of pre-clearance decision could push back April primary…
A federal court in Washington, D.C., that is considering a portion of the Texas redistricting litigation said Wednesday that it won’t issue a decision within the next 30 days, a move that could derail the chances of the scheduled April 3 primary election.
“An April 3rd primary clearly is dead, absent an agreement,” said Michael Li, a Dallas lawyer and author of a Texas redistricting blog.
Li added that it’s still possible to have an election on April 17 if a federal court in San Antonio doesn’t wait for the Washington court’s decision before it draws interim maps for the U.S. House, Texas House and state Senate.
Also, the order by the Washington court increases the possibility of a split primary in which the presidential and perhaps some other elections would be held separately from races for Congress and the Legislature, Li said.
Continue Reading from Statesman.com…
| January 23rd, 2012 by Cindy in WTP News
| January 21st, 2012 by Cindy in WTP News WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Friday ordered new interim maps drawn for Texas’ April 3 primary, handing Republicans a partial if possibly short-lived victory in a battle over as many as four House seats.
The unsigned decision sends the case back to a federal district court in San Antonio, which in November drew interim districts to tide Texas over while litigation over their final shape continues. The Supreme Court directed the San Antonio court to base interim maps on the redistricting plan that Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed last year, rather than use “its own concept of ‘the collective public good.’ ” It was unclear, however, if the lower court would have to make drastic changes to the interim maps. The justices said the San Antonio court could deviate from the Perry-approved map to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act, which prohibits dilution of minorities’ voting power. Read more from the Wall Street Journal…
More from the Wall Street Journal, Holder’s Texas Defeat…
| January 18th, 2012 by Cindy in Texas Politics, WTP News Voters began calling Kathryn Nealy’s office weeks ago asking when they can expect new registration cards.
Her answer is the same one elections administrators across Texas are giving.
“We don’t know,” Nealy said Monday, her answer reflecting the growing uncertainty of the coming party primary date.
The date for Republicans and Democrats to choose their candidates for the general election this fall is April 3 — for now. It’s already moved once, thanks to lawsuits over political boundaries that continue to engage three federal courts.
Without lines describing the political jurisdictions for Texas House and Senate members, as well as U.S. Congress members, there can be no voter registration cards. Nealy, the Gregg County elections administrator, said voting locations within the county do not appear likely to change from the proposal sent to the U.S. Department of Justice this past fall. Continue reading from the LNJ…
April 3, 2012 – Primary Election Date
Federal Court Order of December 16, 2011
A more detailed calendar is at our Candidates Guide |
| Authority conducting elections |
*Political Party County Chairs |
| First Day to File for Place on Ballot |
First day of “first time period”:
November 28, 2011 (September 13, 2011 for Precinct Chair) (COURT ORDERS)First Day of “second time period”: To Be Determined (at a later date by court order) |
| Last Day to File for Place on Ballot |
Last day of “first time period”:
December 19, 2011 (COURT ORDER)Last Day of “second time period”: February 1, 2012 (COURT ORDER) |
| First Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (does not apply to FPCA) |
February 3, 2012 |
| Last Day to Register to Vote |
March 5, 2012 (Monday, which is next business day after statutory deadline) |
| First Day of Early Voting |
March 19, 2012 |
Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail
(Received, not Postmarked) |
March 27, 2012 |
| Last Day of Early Voting |
March 30, 2012 |
June 5, 2012 – Primary Runoff Election Date
Federal Court Order of December 16, 2011
A more detailed calendar is at our Candidates Guide |
| Authority conducting elections |
*Political Party County Chairs |
First Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail
(does not apply to FPCA) |
April 6, 2012 (if did not request runoff ballot on application for primary ballot) |
| Last Day to Register to Vote |
May 7, 2012 (Monday, which is next business day after statutory deadline) |
| First Day of Early Voting |
May 29, 2012 (Tuesday, which is next business day after Memorial Day) |
Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail
(Received, not Postmarked) |
May 29, 2012
(Received, not Postmarked) |
| Last Day of Early Voting |
June 1, 2012 |
| December 28th, 2011 by Cindy in WTP News
| December 27th, 2011 by Cindy in US Politics, WTP News Click here to view Eagle Forum’s U.S. Congressional Scorecard.
| December 26th, 2011 by Cindy in WTP News As we enter 2012, the presidential candidates would do well to wrap their minds and messages around these seven mathematical facts:
- Every day, the U.S. government takes in $6 billion and spends $10 billion. This means that every day the federal government spends $4 billion more dollars than it has.
- The real unemployment rate is a jaw-dropping 11 percent.
- Every fifth man you pass on your way to work is now out of work.
- College graduates are now 34% less likely to find a job under Obama than they were under President George W. Bush.
- Every seventh person you pass on the sidewalk now relies on food stamps.
- The ravages of the Obama economy now mean that more Americans live under the federal poverty line than at any time in U.S. history since records have been kept.
- Under President Barack Obama, every fifth child in America now lives in poverty.
Continue reading from Big Government…
| December 25th, 2011 by Cindy in WTP News Hindsight is supposed to be 20/20, but looking back on the past 12 months, it’s tough to see any sense in many of the Administration’s regulatory missteps. Of course, there are bound to be a few howlers when government churns out more than 3,500 rules in a year, including dozens unleashed by Obamacare, Dodd–Frank, and the perpetually errant Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But by any standard, 2011 brought forth a remarkable number and variety of regulatory blunders.
Fair warning: Our Top 10 list may prove fatal to any bit of faith in government as a “fixer,” if faith somehow has managed to survive despite all evidence to the contrary. In any event, it should steel our resolve to fight the Leviathan in the coming year. Continue reading…
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