There's no politics involved in this. It's just the guidelines and requirements for independent candidates.
All the decisions are based entirely on the election code.
Our goal is to get this 100 percent right. There's no way to do that with statistical sampling.
If you leave the state for temporary purposes, that doesn't automatically mean you lose your Texas residency. In the state statutes, there are some guidelines for maintaining that residency.
It does not have anything in it to permit us to supplement, modify or amend.
It will take a criminal investigation to determine what happened and what will result because of that.
There's nothing political about it. In Texas, there are certain requirements for independent candidates to get a place on the ballot, and our office is applying those to each candidate this election cycle.
When you're dealing with a primary, it's usually a little bit longer on election night than a general election.
All the secretary is doing is enforcing the requirements and guidelines set forth for independent candidates in the election code. There is nothing political about it.
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