Register to vote! This is critical.
To make progress, some politicans must be defeated. We need every fair-minded Texan to vote!
Become a Deputized Voting Registrar
The state of Texas requires a sworn-in deputy registrar to be present wherever voter registration cards are collected. You will need at least one person deputized in each county for which you are registering voters to be on-site staffing the table at all times.
To get deputized, contact your County Voter Registrar, who, in most Texas counties is also the Tax-Assessor Collector.
After the drive, it is the responsibility of the deputy registrar will need to turn the completed cards within five days to the county voter registrar.
For more information call at 1.800.252.8683 (vote)
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/pamphlets/volunteer.shtml
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/votregduties.shtml
KNOW YOUR ENEMY
House Bill 15, known as the Texas Transvaginal Sonogram law
These Texas Senate Democrats vote FOR the transvaginal sonogram
District 19 Carlos “Charlie” Uresti; Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Hudspeth,
Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, Sutton,
Terrel, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler and parts of Bexar and El Paso.
District 21 Judith Zaffirini; Atacosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Karnes, LaSalle,
Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala, parts of Bexar.
District 27 Eddie Lucio Jr.; Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Willacy and parts of Hildalgo.
All Republican senators voted in favor EXCEPT Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio, who has consistently stood for reproductive freedom.
These Texas House Democrats voted FOR the Transvaginal Sonogram:
District 31 Ryan Guillen; Starr, Duval, Webb and Zapapta
District 36 Sergio Munoz Jr.; Hidalgo
District 75 Chente Quintanilla; El Paso
District 79 Joe C. Pickett; El Paso
District 80 Tracy O. King; Kinney, Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit, La Salle, Frio, Medina
The following Democrats did not vote: Armando Martinez, 39 - Hildalgo County, Mark Strama, 50 –Travis, Joaquin Castro, 125 -Bexar County, Garnett Coleman, 147 - Harris
All Republicans voted for the Transvaginal Sonogram EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING
District 68 Rick Hardcastle, Motley, Dickens, Cottle, King, Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Haskell,
Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Young, Jack, Clay, Montague, Cooke
District 69 Lanham Lyne, Wichita, Archer
The following Republicans did not vote: Dan Flynn 2, Rains, Hunt, Van Zandt, Chuck Hopson, 11, Panola, Rusk, Cherokee, Houston , Susan King, 71- Nolan, Taylor Wilford Hartnett 114 – Dallas, Joe Strauss, 121- Bexar, Bill Callegari, 132- Harris, Sarah Davis,134 - Harris.
The areas listings are counties, not cities.
Do not confuse! Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. voted yes, but Representative Eddie Lucio III voted no.
Please write them! http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/
Legislators are more likely to pay attention to an email that was individually written, but here are some sample phrases to get you started. Feel free to cut and paste from our Mission page or our Issues page as well.
The women of Texas are very angry about the assault on freedom and privacy.
Already, 28 states require insurance coverage for contraception.
The Texas Sonogram Law is a frightening invasion of privacy and sets a horrible precedent.
Do not allow anyone to play political football with our wombs.
Taking money away from health care creates a ticking, budget time-bomb.
Women are capable of making their own choices.
We do not need politicans to "protect" us.
We're angry, were organized, and we vote.
WOMEN WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER
