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Texas Lawmakers Shield Emails
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/01/texas-lawmakers-shield-emails/
July 1, 2019 at 12:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 55 Comments
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Dallas Morning News: Texas has passed a new law that lets lawmakers conceal their emails and other communications from public scrutiny, as they prepare to redraw the states voting maps.
The laws Republican authors, North Texas Rep. Charlie Geren and Sen. Kelly Hancock, billed it as a housekeeping matter, a routine update to rules governing how lawmakers retain records and run debates. It passed easily with almost no discussion and little media attention.
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Demovictory9
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Demovictory9
(32,472 posts)diva77
(7,652 posts)plain sight by U.S. citizens. The voting machines from 2016 election have not been inspected either. This is the elephant in the LR!!
K&R for exposure
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)It's not just red states doing it. We're supposed to have transparency and public records laws, but the Leg keeps voting themselves immunity from it.
EleanorR
(2,393 posts)The party of thieves, liars, cheats, and cons.