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Today is Texas’ General Election Certification Deadline
Common Cause Texas Offers Reflection on the General Election
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Jennifer Garcia
Media Strategist
jgarcia@commoncause.org
Anthony Gutierrez
Executive Director
agutierrez@commoncause.org
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Vote Texas PAC’s Unauthorized Use of Common Cause’s Logo on Political Ad
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Texans: If you have a problem while voting, there’s a hotline to call for help
“We’re expecting historic levels of participation in this election and we’ve built a Texas-sized grassroots operation to meet the challenge,” said Anthony Gutierrez, Executive Director of Common Cause Texas.
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First day of early voting in Houston yields spike in turnout from recent cycles
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Early figures indicate high turnout in 2020 Texas primary
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Judge again caught campaigning for daughter in Texas Senate race as questions emerge about her donations
“He should not be campaigning for his daughter publicly. You certainly cannot give contributions, including in-kind contributions, from a judge to a candidate for public office. Those things seem to have happened. They seem to continue happening. They need to stop. Authorities need to be looking at this,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the non-partisan group Common Cause Texas.
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Texas lobbyists and politicians dodge $800K in fines thanks to weak campaign finance laws
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In Texas And Other States, Voters Face A Variety Of Barriers
“The bottom line in Texas is Republicans are scared to death of demographic changes,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause in Texas, “and are doing anything and everything they can think of to keep those changing demographics from affecting elections.”
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Talking Solutions: Rebuilding Democracy in Texas
“There are lots of reforms we could try to adopt to fix the process,” he said. “One of the biggest problems is: do we expect [politicians] to draw maps that are going to maximize their own power? Well, of course, they are. That’s one of the things of how power works.”
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How One Conservative Group Plans To Maintain Republicans’ Grip On State Legislatures
“I have no doubt that there were a million things happening behind closed doors that we didn’t know about,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, one of the groups leading the push against Republican gerrymandering efforts in that state.