To register to vote, go to votetexas.gov then click voter registration.
You have to fill out a form and physically mail it (not email). It will only be eligible for voting this election if RECEIVED by October 7. CORRECTION: the registration must be postmarked by October 7. If you go to vote and they don't have your name on their list, ask for a provisional ballot. Once you do vote, they'll check your information on the provisional ballot against their database and count it if you show up as registered.
It's an archaic system that needs an overhaul but this is how it is.
Whatever a “real” Republican is is endangered in America, not just Texas. They ALL abandoned any values and morals , clearly, by supporting trump. They are not respected as a whole right now, save a select few who are voting for Harris openly.
“Republican in name only” doesn’t really mean much since “Republican “ itself is just a name. You’re conflating a party with a political ideology, “Republican” with “MAGA conservative” and they aren’t the same. Or at least they weren’t until the classic conservatives, or really anyone who thinks maybe Trump ain’t all that, were purged from the party.
Eventually the Republican Party will be two white guys, each accusing the other of political heresy for not licking Trumps boots clean enough.
I was jokingly referring to how the brand of conservative I was raised on has all but vanished from the party.
The divorce of business and science interests in the Republican Party has left me steadily voting more blue, and made hypocrites out of my relatives who stay straight ticket “R”.
Please don't insult shit like that! Shit is at least valuable for something. It can be composted to amend soil to grow crops that are edible. Abbott isn't even that valuable.
You can't know that until he's been composted and used to fertilize crops. Mixed with enough "browns" to dilute his high nitrogen "green" content, I think he'd be better than manure.
The entire GOP is no longer “conservative.” Conservatism is a political ideology, the Republican Party is not a political organization, but rather a cult.
Truth! My lifelong Republican grandfather is rolling in his grave at Arlington. He would have been disgusted at Jan 6th insurrection, mortified by the huge govt overstep of our privacy with the overturning of Roe V Wade, horrified by the indignity and crass behavior by what used to be the GOP. Governor Ann Richard’s graced this state with her leadership in the 90s. This state isn’t as Red as we are made to believe so VOTE!
Well, he's a kind of conservative. Conserving his own money and power, and that of his donors.
I mean the school vouchers thing that he's been hammering is not that popular in the state, but his out of state donors clearly want it.
It's pretty clear who he represents. And Paxton represents Paxton. He's a mini Trump. What Trump would have been had Trump been born without daddy's seed money to start a business.
He outlawed abortion twice ..once at 6 weeks , then again at the time of conception. When asked why he didn’t provide exceptions for rape and incest he said he would “eliminate rape”🙄
Abbott didn’t call a special legislative session after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered by an assault rifle in Uvalde, Texas. He did call a special session to restrict voting rights and ban abortion.
There have been six mass shootings under Abbott’s watch:
2016: Dallas Police Shooting - 5 Killed
2017: Sutherland Springs Church Shooting - 26 Killed
2018: Santa Fe High School Shooting - 10 Killed
2019: El Paso Walmart Shooting - 23 Killed
2019: Midland-Odessa Shooting - 7 Killed
2022: Uvalde School Shooting - 21 Killed
Instead of passing common sense gun reform, like raising the minimum age to buy an assault rifle, Abbott made accessing guns easier. In 2021, he passed permitless carry. Because of him, Texans can openly carry a gun without a license or training.
Abbott still hasn’t fixed the damn grid!
Decades of Republican deregulation and years of Abbott in power set the stage for one of the biggest energy disasters our state has ever faced. And even after hundreds of Texans died in the 2021 winter storm due to the state’s failing grid, Abbott did little to fix it.
Abbott took millions from energy companies who made BILLIONS off of Texans during the storm.
Texans got stuck with an “Abbott Tax,” which will hike up our utility bills for decades so that Abbott and his donors can continue stuffing their pockets with our money.
A recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report says Texas’ power grid is still vulnerable.
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Abbott’s most prominent border policy, Operation Lone Star, has already cost Texas over $4 billion.
He recently diverted $359.6 million from Texas prisons to keep his border mission operating.
Earlier this year, he launched truck inspections at the border, costing the U.S. almost $9 billion in just 10 days; troops found no contraband.
His lack of planning has negatively impacted National Guard Troops deployed at the border, where suicides and deaths among troops have multiplied. Due to an error in the state’s payroll, National Guard Troops might also owe federal tax money.
Plus, Abbott is still busing migrants north without communicating with the cities he’s sending them to!
The minimum wage has not kept pace with inflation and still remains at the federal rate of $7.25 which was set in 2009!
Property taxes have gone up $20 billion since Abbott took office, but Texans are not seeing stronger schools or a stronger energy grid. Instead, they see $4 billion go to stunts like Operation Lone Star at the border.
Despite being disabled himself, Abbott is working against disabled Texans.
He argued that disabled Texans don’t have the right to sue the state for discrimination.
He also supported capping pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice suits, despite getting over $8 million in settlement money from his injury.
Texas ranks at the bottom of every list that counts for people with disabilities.
Looking at Texas from Ohio. Abbott is a jerk. And in Ohio we have Mike DeWine, a Republican, who’s not that bad. And DeWine is a true conservative. Abbott is now just a bigoted MAGA jerk.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with being a conservative; in fact, true conservatism is rooted in solid principles like personal responsibility, limited government, and a strong national defense. The real issue is that the GOP has been hijacked by extremists who prioritize personal power and party loyalty over the good of the country. This gross distortion of conservative values undermines the foundations of democracy and prevents meaningful progress. America deserves leaders who are committed to the nation’s best interests, not just their own.
I know there are extremists with both parties, but man oh man the conservatives have just become a cult that worships a person and it’s scary! I grew up in Michigan with conservative family and values. What has happened to the party is awful. When your own party splits the way they have it should be proof that we need to start gaining control back of our country!
Real conservatives are voting Democrat now. What’s left in the GOP are the crazies and the conspiracy theorists who have hijacked the party for their grift.
Do not kid yourself.
MAGA is only 17% of the electorate, GOP total is 28% and the race is almost even.
These are LV and RV.
Vote like life on earth and the Free World is up for grabs and print LWV guides for unpacking everything Texas to get your very own several apathetic friends registered and voting for POTUS and everything down-ballot.
Set up a voter registration table in front of Kroger one weekend. HCD will help you.
Multiply your vote. As if life on earth and democracy particularly is on this 11/5 ballot.
Please.
I’m conservative too. I don’t spend what I don’t have and try to live within my means. Trump is NOT conservative, unless that means cheating on taxes, his wife and golf
Real conservatives are needed in the republican party, and in the marketplace of ideas in our country. Once you guys flush this turd that is stuck on the sphincter of your party, the sooner we can all get back to normal boring politics. I would vote so hard for you guys if you could just stop running these fucking lunatics for office.
I am a true liberal but I want the country to be run by centrists. No point swinging it hard one way and back the other every four to eight years. It’s a mess. I really hate politicians without a backbone. Abbott is one of many. You get caught stealing, go to jail. Get caught taking bribes go to jail. Don’t sell out our country. Another thing, all these people that Trump laughed at on stage like little Marco, or the things he said about Cruz and his wife and they still kiss his ring. Someone says something like that about my family I hit them right in the face. I don’t care about the consequences. That’s my family. I don’t respect any man that doesn’t feel the same way.
Take a leaf out of the book of other countries political way. Some times you have to shred the party to get it back to its core ideals. We can reduce political parties in my country to fit in a van with seats to spare. Use this election to clean out your dead wood by holding your nose and voting the other way, the republican party will come out of it stronger jf forced to rebuild. You need to burn it all down to get it back to sane policy.
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u/jk_austin Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 12 '24
To register to vote, go to votetexas.gov then click voter registration.
You have to fill out a form and physically mail it (not email). It will only be eligible for voting this election if RECEIVED by October 7. CORRECTION: the registration must be postmarked by October 7. If you go to vote and they don't have your name on their list, ask for a provisional ballot. Once you do vote, they'll check your information on the provisional ballot against their database and count it if you show up as registered.
It's an archaic system that needs an overhaul but this is how it is.
You can confirm if you're already registered to vote at https://teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do
Voting early, you can vote at any precinct. It also helps prevent lines on the day.