Carl Tepper

New: SCOTUS has summarily reversed the district court’s judgment against Texas’ redistricted congressional map in an order released this morning. Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissent. #txlege supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…

Rep. @EllenTroxclair breaks down how your local governments take your property tax money and turn around and give it to taxpayer-funded lobbyists who lobby against things like property tax reform at the Texas Capitol. #txlege

Republicans currently have an 88-62 majority in the Texas House and have controlled the chamber since 2003. Dems would need to flip 14 seats to reach a majority (two more than the 12 they picked up in the 2018 wave) #txlege

🚨 BREAKING: Dallas County GOP Chair Allen West admitted in writing this morning that he unilaterally overrode a legally binding, CEC-authorized election contract — and published a 500-word justification calling it leadership. It is not leadership. It is a constitutional and statutory violation. And it demands an immediate answer: Should Allen West resign? Here is what happened. In September 2025, the Dallas County Republican Party’s County Executive Committee voted overwhelmingly to end countywide voting and return to precinct-based voting for the 2026 primary cycle. They memorialized that decision in a legally binding election services contract signed December 31, 2025. Under Texas Election Code §31.093(c), the CEC is the sole adopting authority for primary election contracts. That is not a procedural preference — it is the statutory expression of the constitutional republican form of local self-government guaranteed under Texas Constitution Art. I §§1–2 and Article 6 § 4 On March 3rd, Dallas Republicans turned out in record numbers — 104,000 voters versus 88,000 in 2022. Voter misdirection that day was caused by faulty data from the Dallas County Elections Department ePollbooks and the @TXsecofstate Secretary of State’s own website — not by precinct-based voting. Rather than hold those agencies accountable, West capitulated. With no advance warning, no CEC vote, no motion, and no discussion, West signed an amended contract reverting to countywide voting for the May 26 runoff — then issued a press release to the media before his own committee knew. He chose to surrender the CEC’s lawful authority without ever bringing the question to the governing body that authorized the original contract. 64 precinct chairs sent West a formal letter demanding he reverse course. His response: he had “no interest” in their requests — and authorized the letter’s public release. This morning he escalated further, calling his own removal vote at the third Monday of April CEC meeting. West compared himself to a battlefield commander protecting his troops. But the CEC is not his unit to command. It is the constitutional governing body he was elected to serve. This is not mob-rule democracy. The Dallas County Republican Party is a constitutional republican form of local self-government — with mandatory constitutional and statutory standards. The chair serves the CEC. The CEC does not serve the chair. This was never about convenience. The CEC voted for precinct-based voting to fulfill their sworn constitutional duty — to protect the secrecy, security, purity, and auditability of the ballot box on Election Day. Countywide voting is not a neutral alternative. It produces at least six constitutionally and statutorily unacceptable outcomes: ❌ Ballot secrecy violated ❌ Wrong ballots delivered to voters ❌ Virtually unauditable results ❌ Unverifiable chain of custody ❌ Large-scale fraud made feasible ❌ Unrecoverable failure when it breaks These are not opinions. They are documented, statutory, and constitutional failures. The CEC’s sworn duty is to prevent every single one of them. West surrendered that duty without a single adverse court ruling requiring him to do so. The oath has no convenience exception. Texas Election Code §276.019 defines “election official” to include “a chair of a county political party holding a primary.” TEC §276.018 prohibits an election official from altering any election procedure mandated by law without express statutory authorization. West altered the runoff voting method without a CEC vote — and confirmed it in writing on his own website this morning. Allen West should resign immediately — or the CEC should remove him at the April meeting. 👉 Full PC Alert: pb-site.com/p/HKNBdFn6MJD COMMENT📣 SHOULD HE RESIGN? @TallyTexas @CauseofAmerica @RealAmericasVoice @EpochTimes #txlege #DallasCounty #DCRP #TexasElectionIntegrity #txlege #May26Runoff