Scott Haywood
Scott Haywood
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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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As the state's chief elections officer, Secretary Williams will continue to apply Texas law to all candidates in an even manner, and will not grant special treatment to any candidate.
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At this point it's a declaration of her intent, not an application for a place on the ballot. We're reviewing everything appropriately before we say one way or the other and will wait until tomorrow before we say anything further.
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This office is required to validate the signatures of Texans who sign a petition for an independent candidate, and given the fact there are multiple individuals vying for a spot on the ballot as an independent, verifying every signature is the surest way to protect the integrity of our elections and confirm the validity of a candidate's name on the ballot.
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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.
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We don't see switching the court as affecting the outcome for us. The secretary will still uphold the election code and Texas law.
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When you're dealing with a primary, it's usually a little bit longer on election night than a general election.
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It does not have anything in it to permit us to supplement, modify or amend.
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Given the fact there are multiple individuals vying for a spot on the ballot as an independent, verifying every signature is the surest way to protect the integrity of our elections and confirm the validity of a candidate's name on the ballot.
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For an automatic trigger, it has to be a tie.
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It's not unusual for counties to turn in results that late.
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It will take a criminal investigation to determine what happened and what will result because of that.
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Our goal is to get this 100 percent right. There's no way to do that with statistical sampling.
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They didn't have the votes from Election Day. All that was sent to us was the early voting total.