these voting questions
Congress and 40-plus state legislatures are busy with election reform. Before they shape the federal and state laws, all officials involved should answer the following two, threshold questions.
Regarding voter registration: “Do I want every Texan/American to register (who is eligible)?”
Regarding voting: “Do I want every Texan/American to vote (who is registered)?”
Elections are a critically important centerpiece of our democracy. Yet, in Texas only around 40% to 50% of voting-age population voters turn out for presidential elections. In Constitutional elections an even smaller percentage of the voting-age population routinely vote typically less than 10 percent.
The hope is that all current officials Republicans, Democrats and Independents would answer both questions with a resounding