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Senator Paul Bettencourt: District 7
 
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2020
Contact: Cristie Strake
(512) 784-6971
Cristie.Strake@senate.texas.gov
Sen Bettencourt Says County Clerk Hollin’s Mailing 376K BBM Applications Waste of Money
Will file bill to save taxpayers money in reaction to County clerk announcement today
  • Newly sworn in Harris County Clerk Chris Hollin’s mailing to every registered voter over the age of 65 in Harris County in super low turnout primary runoff elections is a complete waste of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.
  • To Senator Bettencourt’s knowledge no other county has done this before. Does a big county, aka Harris County, doing this while small counties do not potentially effect election results?
  • In a low turnout political party primary runoff election, the Democratic and Republican parties should be doing this themselves rather than the government. I will file a bill to stop this governmental waste.
  • The moral of the story is just because government can do something doesn’t mean elected officials shouldn’t have the common sense not to do it!
 

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