December 19, 2018

The Honorable Greg Abbott

Governor of Texas

RE: Secretary of State, Chief Elections Officer for Texas

Dear Governor Abbott:

Your appointment this week of David Whitley to fill the vacancy left by the
resignation of Rolando Pablos represents an important opportunity for you
to require a higher standard for the Office of Texas Secretary of State. As
citizen-initiated investigations continue to reveal escalating evidence of
voter fraud, process weaknesses, and what we consider to be rogue actions
by SOS employees who routinely ignore or thwart law by issuing waivers,
Texans are demanding that the Secretary of State protect our elections.

By law, the Secretary of State acts as the chief elections officer for the State
of Texas, assisting county election officials and ensuring the uniform
application and interpretation of election laws throughout Texas. We raise
this fact because it sometimes appears that the extra duties assigned by
executive order to the Texas Secretary of State – the more glamorous duties
of acting as senior advisor and liaison to the Governor for Texas Border and
Mexican Affairs and serving as Chief International Protocol Officer for Texas
– have become far more important than the constitutional role relating to
elections.

Since your first term in office, grassroots Texans have called on you to
promote and enact needed reforms to ensure election integrity. We note
that you’ve taken a strong public stance on fraud, and good election
integrity bills bear your signature. Thank you.

While your work to date is headed in the right direction, we’ve identified
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significant deficiencies that need to be addressed by the incoming Secretary

of State. Appointed by you and confirmed by the State Senate, the Texas
Secretary of State serves at your pleasure; therefore, we believe now is the
time for you to ensure your appointee is ready to proactively utilize the power
of the agency to support needed election security reforms during the 2019
legislative session and to faithfully carry out the election laws currently in
place.

Grassroots Texans concerned with election integrity and ballot security

continue to monitor the actions and progress of the Secretary of State’s office.
Below are the actions we believe the Secretary should immediately take to
protect the integrity of our elections:

● Have our statewide voter registration database, the Texas Election

Administration Management (TEAM) system, checked against
Department of Public Safety database records to ensure that non-
citizens are not registered to vote.

● Remove illegal voters by comparing registration records against the

DPS database so that only legal voters cast ballots in Texas elections.

● Utilize an interstate crosscheck to make sure voters are not registered

in multiple states. Texas Election Code (TEC) Section 18.062 instructs
the Secretary to opt into an interstate crosscheck program. The
Secretary must make use of one of the available interstate crosschecks
currently in place, the Electronic Registration Information Center, the
Interstate Crosscheck Program, or Kansas’ system. (Based on
information we’ve gathered, we have every reason to believe this
law is being ignored by the Secretary of State’s Office. If there are
persons who are dually registered to vote in Texas and another state,
and these persons have voted in Texas elections, this is just one more
way our constitutionally guaranteed civil rights are being violated.)

● Keep our voter rolls clear of voters who have moved, are deceased, or
are otherwise ineligible.

● Immediately end the practice of issuing waivers that suspend Texas

election laws. This practice violates the Texas Constitution Article 1,
Section 28, “No power of suspending laws in this State shall be
exercised except by the Legislature.” Stop the unconstitutional
waivers and ensure all counties uniformly:
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a) Print complete zero tapes directly prior to the opening of polls

for early voting and on Election Day – Tx Admin. Code Rule §
81.52(h).
b) Print complete results tapes/precinct returns directly when
polls close for early voting and on election day – Tx. Elec. Code §§
66.022(1), 66.023(1), and 66.024(1),
c) Perform post-election partial manual recounts – Tx. Elec. Code
127.01
d) Cease the use of internet connectivity for all computers used in
central counting stations where votes are being counted – Tx. Elec.
Code 129.054(a)
e) Sequentially number all ballots – Tx. Constitution and Elec.
Code 52.062.
Following the 2017 legislative session, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
formed a Select Committee on Election Security to research election integrity
and to explore ways to ensure Texas’ elections are protected. The committee’s
report notes that in 2018, 97 cases of voter fraud have been prosecuted.
Additionally, there are 59 cases pending prosecution and 63 open
investigations.

We know that people are financing and executing vote-harvesting operations

in Texas. We know that non-citizens are voting in our elections.

We know unconstitutional waivers are being issued to counties so much so

that electronic vote tabulations are not secure. As such, it is unacceptable
for the incoming SOS to maintain the status quo on items listed above.

Governor Abbott, it makes no difference if Texas has strong laws on the books
if they are not enforced. You have an opportunity to protect our elections by
making sure the new Secretary of State will aggressively address the above
captioned issues and strengthen our election codes. When these and other
reforms are enacted, Texans will then be confident that our elections in Texas
are being executed fairly and accurately. You can count on all of us to support
you in this effort.

Sincerely, the undersigned Texas grassroots political leaders,*

Daniel Greer, Executive Director, Direct Action Texas
JoAnn Fleming, Executive Director, Grassroots America – We the People PAC
Laura Pressley, Ph.D., Founder, True Texas Elections LLC
C.R. "Dick" Saulsbury, Saulsbury Companies, SD 31
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Cathie Adams, 1st VP, National Eagle Forum; former Texas GOP State Chair
Sam Anderson, Flower Mound Area Republican Club
James Ashby, Tarrant County Republican Party, HD 92 Area Leader
LaDaune Ashley, Brazoria County Conservatives
Deborah Bailey, San Angelo TEA Party
Dottie Barnes, co-founder, Conservative Society of Navarro County
Anna Bartosh, Treasurer, San Angelo TEA Party
Annette Bennett, Fredericksburg Tea Party; Heritage Action Sentinel
Geri Bentley, Treasurer, Clear Lake Tea Party
Beth Biesel, leader, Park Cities Preston Hollow Leadership Forum
Bill Bingham, Vice President, Bryan/College Station Tea Party
Tammy Blair, past Cherokee County Republican Party Chairman, SD3
Elena Blake, President, Irving Republican Women
Joanna Bowen, Secretary, Lake Country Republican Club
Scott Bowen, Clear Lake TEA Party
Trayce Bradford, President, Texas Eagle Forum
Judy Brady, President, Central Texas TEA Party
Janie Brittain, Steering Committee Member, Garland Tea Party
Stephen Broden, Founder/President, Protect Life & Marriage Texas
KC Broyles, Vice President, Clear Lake Tea Party
Wes Brumit, Voices of Conservatism and Liberty PAC (VOCAL)
Dennis Cable, Precinct Chair, Smith County GOP; past SREC SD 1
Adam Cahn, Austin political blogger, Cahnman’s Musings
David Carter, Central Texas TEA Party; Bell County Election Judge, Prec. 311
Janice Carter, Chapter Leader, John Birch Society – Central Texas
Cindi Castilla, President, Dallas Eagle Forum
Janna Castloo, Chair, Wood County Republican Party
Ernie Clark, Past President, Grassroots America - We the People PAC
Della Clark, Charter Member, Grassroots America - We the People PAC
Stanley Cofer, Founder, Texas Minority Conservative & Republican Coalition
Dr. Dwayne Collins, Founder & Chairman, Edom TEA Party
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Craig Cosgray, President, Highland Lakes Tea Party

Bill Culpepper, GAWTP; Smith County GOP Executive Committee
Connie Curry, Founder, West Texas Conservative Leadership
John Derr, Delta County Tea Party
Nancy Dillard, President, Denton County Conservative Coalition
Don Dixon, longtime San Antonio transportation reform activist & blogger
Jim and Char Doonan, Lake Country Republicans, Wood County
Carol Doucet, co-founder, Conservative Society of Navarro County &
Navarro County TEA Party
Terri DuBose, former State GOP Executive Committeewoman, SD 19
Jack Dubose, Chairman, Real County Republican Party
Trevor Dupuy, Founder/Coordinator, Horseshoe Bay Conservative Caucus
Maria Espinoza, Co-Founder/National Director, The Remembrance Project
Sue Evenwel, State Republican Executive Committeewoman, SD 1; Chair,
Titus County GOP
Toni and Tom Fabry, Chairman and Treasurer, Frisco TEA Party
Dave and Mary Fallert, Steering committee, Kaufman County TEA Party
Davis Ford, 1st Vice-President, Central Texas TEA Party
Rebecca Forest, President, Women on the Wall
Rena and David French, Founder Patriot Members, Grassroots America –
We the People PAC
Bill Gallagher, Primadata Liberty Center, Mabank
Patty Gallagher, Primadata Liberty Center, Mabank
Gary Gentz, Henderson County Tea Party
Suezette Griffin, past President, Clear Lake TEA Party
Suzanne Guggenheim, President, Coastal Bend Tea Party
Terri Hall, Founder/Director, Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom (TURF)
Barbara Harless, North Texas Citizens Lobby
Marilyn Harris, Grassroots America - We the People PAC
Joe Harrison, Founder and Organizer, Cass County Patriots
Carole Haynes, Ph.D., founder, Citizens Matter; education reformer
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Mary and Dale Huls, Past President; current Executive Board members,
Clear Lake TEA Party
Bill Hussey, Founder and Vice President, Llano TEA Party
Rick Jackson, Steering Committee, Kaufman County TEA Party
Joyce Jones, Board Member, Central Texas Tea Party
Robert Kecseg, State Republican Executive Committeeman, SD 1
Albert Kelln, Steering Committee Member, Llano Tea Party
Sandra Kindt, Washington County Republican Party Chairman; Washington
County TEA Party
Jackie King, Founder, Conservative Society of Navarro County
Michael Kinzie, Founder, TEAParty911.com
Rick Kirchhof, Steering Committee Member, Llano Tea Party
Larry Korkmas, Pres., Texans for Immigration Reduction & Enforcement (TFIRE)
Robin and Jim Lennon, President and Director, Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.
Craig Licciardi, Precinct Chair, Smith County Republican Party; Grassroots
America - We the People PAC
Matt Long, President, Fredericksburg TEA Party of Texas
Dr. Ivette Lozano, former President, Dallas County Republican Assembly
Karen Marsalis, President, Panola County Conservatives
William Marsalis, Past President, Panola County Conservatives
Maria Martinez, Houston Inner Loop Grassroots
Carroll Maxwell, Past President, Collin County Conservative Republicans
Julie McCarty, President, NE Tarrant TEA Party
Dennis McKee, PAC Treasurer, Kaufman County TEA Party
Stacy McMahan, Executive Director/President, East Texans for Liberty
Mark Metzger, Bexar County Tea Party
Cindy Meyer, Charter Member, McKinney Tea Party
Naomi Narvaiz, former State Republican Executive Committee, SD 21
Brian Newman, President, Collin Strong
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Don Nurdin, President, Pachyderm Club of Galveston Island

Michael Olcott, Co-founder, Parker County Conservatives
Marian Phillips, Southwest Dallas County Republican Club; SREC SD 23
Rene Poe, Vice President, Hood County Tea Party
Kathy Ponce, President, Freedom Tea Party Patriots
Eugene Ralph Sr., Game Chaingers
Mark Ramsey, State Republican Executive Committeeman, SD 7
Pastor Marty Reid, Grassroots America - We the People PAC
Fran Rhodes, Vice President NE Tarrant Tea Party
Jeanette Rhodes Kalk, Treasurer/Director, San Antonio TEA Party
Tanya Robertson, State Republican Executive Committeewoman, SD 11
Kat Rowoldt, Founder, Christian Reporter News
Barry Schlech, PhD, past President, Texas Patriots Tea Party
Josie D. Schoolcraft, President, Cherokee County Texas Republican Club
Bryan Slaton, Conservative Grassroots Coalition, SD 2
Mike Slaton, Precinct Chair, Dallas County Republican Party
Vicki Slaton, former (term limited) SREC SD 2; Grassroots Coalition SD 2
Jim Speiran, Past Board Member, Grassroots America - We the People PAC
Joel Starnes, Executive Director, Organization for American Values
Barb Stauffer, Steering Committee Member, Garland Tea Party
Heather Stoner, President, Smith County Republican Women
Penny Story, Founder Constitutional Conservative Activists
Dwayne Stovall, Director, Get Off My State LLC
Debbie Terry, State GOP Executive Committeewoman, Senate District 12
Kaaren Teuber, Coordinator, Texoma Patriots
Jim Thompson, Conservative Grassroots Coalition, SD 2
Pat Tibbs, President, Montgomery County TEA Party PAC
Bela Toth, Board Member, Pearland Tea Party
Mildred Toth, Board Member, Pearland Tea Party
Karl Voigtsberger, former State Republican Executive Committeeman, SD 8
Desiree Watts, Legislative Committee Chair, East Texans for Liberty
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Jimmy Weaver, Kaufman County Republican Party Chairman

SFC Walter West II (RET), State Republican Executive Committeeman, SD 4
Brady Whatley, Flower Mound Area Republican Club
Gary Whitehorn, We the People – Longview, SD 1
Maggie Wright, Founding member/past President, Texas Patriots TEA Party
Ruth York, Vice President, Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County
Pastor Greg Young, Nationally Syndicated Radio host, Chosen Generation
Rick Eisenbach, President, Grassroots America – We the People PAC
Jeremiah Hunter, Chairman, We the People – Longview, SD 1
Brendan Bagnell, President, Texas Patriots TEA Party

Note: There are 136 political opinion leaders signed on in support of

this message to Governor Abbott. They represent 100 unique
organizations and areas of influence across Texas.

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