Texas Noncitizen Voting ORR 07.11.24 (State of Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Documented requests all electronic records containing the following keywords and email domains:

Keywords and phrases:
“Non-citizen voting”
“Only Citizens vote”
“Illegals voting”
“Election Integrity Network”
“EIN”
“Jenny Beth Martin”
“Kerri Toloczko”
“Lindsey Zea”
“Melody Clarke”
“Cleta Mitchell”
“Kyle Brosnan”
“Rosemary Jenks”
“Immigration Accountability Project”
“America First Legal”
“America First Policy Institute”
“Ken Blackwell”
“Hogan Gidley”
“Ken Cuccinneli”
“Oversight Project”
“Heritage Foundation”
“Texas Public Policy Foundation”
“Texas Election Coalition”
“Advancing Integrity”
“Christine Welborn”
“J. Christian Adams”
“Eagle AI”
“Eagle Eye”

Email domains:
“@virginiainstitute.org”
“@unite4freedom.com”
“@electionintegrity.network”
“@teapartypatriots.org”
“@iaproject.org”
“@AFL.org”
“@americafirstpolicy.com”
“@TexasPolicy.com”

The scope of Part I of this request includes the following legislators and all staff that report directly to the legislators:

Christina Worrell Adkins, Director of Elections
Secretary of State Jane Nelson
Governor Greg Abbott

2. In Election Advisory No. 2024-19, dated June 4th, 2024 regarding “Citizenship Requirements for Texas Elections”, Director of Elections Christina Worrell Adkins references having “received a number of questions regarding the legal prohibitions on non-United States citizens registering to vote and voting in Texas elections.”

Documented requests all records pertaining to such “questions” or communications referenced in this Election Advisory..

For Part 1 and 2, the search for records should include sent and received emails and any other electronic records including, but not limited to, scheduling and calendar records, text messages, and messages on messaging platforms, such as Slack, GChat or Google Hangouts, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Skype, Twitter direct messages, Facebook Messenger, or Parler. The search for email records should also include any email accounts used to conduct official business, including personal email addresses such as a "gmail" or "yahoo" account.

Please include any attachments to those records and other materials enclosed with those records at the time they were transmitted. For instance, for an email that is responsive to our request, please include all prior messages sent or received in that email chain, as well as any attachments to the email.

The search for records may be limited to records created, sent or received between November 1st, 2023 through to the date of your final response.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Victoria Cadostin

Hello,

Thank you for your message. Please see below for the a response to your request for clarification:

1. As to item 1 of the request:
a) Limit the search to Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson and all staff that report directly to the secretary— meaning, staff that work in SOS Nelson’s office and report directly to her.
b) With respect to any e-mails or other written communications, I am requesting 3) both communications that Secretary of State employees sent to or received from external sources and internal communications exchanged solely among Secretary of State employees.
c) In reference to “Texas Public Policy Foundation” and “@TexasPolicy.com”, I agree to exclude news articles containing those search terms. However, please include any news letters coming FROM “Texas Public Policy Foundation” and “@TexasPolicy.com”.

2. As to item 2 of the request:
I am requesting both the communications to which the specified advisory is referring, and any internal correspondences related to those communications

3. As to both Items of the Request: No, I do not agree to narrow my inquiry in this manner.

Finally, I’d like to request a cost estimate of this request, given these new clarifications. Additionally, I’d also like to request an estimate of the number of results these search terms are bringing up.

Thank you so much for your help in this matter so far, I appreciate your response.

Hello,

Thank you for your message. Given that I missed the deadline to respond to your letter, please consider the following a new records request:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Documented requests all electronic records containing the following keywords and email domains:

Keywords and phrases:
“Non-citizen voting”
“Only Citizens vote”
“Illegals voting”
“Election Integrity Network”
“EIN”
“Jenny Beth Martin”
“Kerri Toloczko”
“Lindsey Zea”
“Melody Clarke”
“Cleta Mitchell”
“Kyle Brosnan”
“Rosemary Jenks”
“Immigration Accountability Project”
“America First Legal”
“America First Policy Institute”
“Ken Blackwell”
“Hogan Gidley”
“Ken Cuccinneli”
“Oversight Project”
“Heritage Foundation”
“Texas Public Policy Foundation”
“Texas Election Coalition”
“Advancing Integrity”
“Christine Welborn”
“J. Christian Adams”
“Eagle AI”
“Eagle Eye”

Email domains:
“@virginiainstitute.org”
“@unite4freedom.com”
“@electionintegrity.network”
“@teapartypatriots.org”
“@iaproject.org”
“@AFL.org”
“@americafirstpolicy.com”
“@TexasPolicy.com”

The scope of Part I of this request includes the following legislators and all staff that report directly to the legislators:

Christina Worrell Adkins, Director of Elections
Secretary of State Jane Nelson
Governor Greg Abbott

2. In Election Advisory No. 2024-19, dated June 4th, 2024 regarding “Citizenship Requirements for Texas Elections”, Director of Elections Christina Worrell Adkins references having “received a number of questions regarding the legal prohibitions on non-United States citizens registering to vote and voting in Texas elections.”

Documented requests all records pertaining to such “questions” or communications referenced in this Election Advisory..

For Part 1 and 2, the search for records should include sent and received emails and any other electronic records including, but not limited to, scheduling and calendar records, text messages, and messages on messaging platforms, such as Slack, GChat or Google Hangouts, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Skype, Twitter direct messages, Facebook Messenger, or Parler. The search for email records should also include any email accounts used to conduct official business, including personal email addresses such as a "gmail" or "yahoo" account.

Please include any attachments to those records and other materials enclosed with those records at the time they were transmitted. For instance, for an email that is responsive to our request, please include all prior messages sent or received in that email chain, as well as any attachments to the email.

Furthermore, please see below for a list of clarifications and specifications that may be useful in completing the request:
1. As to item 1 of the request:
a) Limit the search to Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson and all staff that report directly to the secretary— meaning, staff that work in SOS Nelson’s office and report directly to her.
b) With respect to any e-mails or other written communications, I am requesting 3) both communications that Secretary of State employees sent to or received from external sources and internal communications exchanged solely among Secretary of State employees.
c) In reference to “Texas Public Policy Foundation” and “@TexasPolicy.com”, I agree to exclude news articles containing those search terms. However, please include any news letters coming FROM “Texas Public Policy Foundation” and “@TexasPolicy.com”.

2. As to item 2 of the request:
I am requesting both the communications to which the specified advisory is referring, and any internal correspondences related to those communications

3. As to both Items of the Request: No, I do not agree to narrow my inquiry in this manner.

Finally, I’d like to request a cost estimate of this request, given these new clarifications. Additionally, I’d also like to request an estimate of the number of results these search terms are bringing up.

The search for records may be limited to records created, sent or received between November 1st, 2023 through to the date of your final response.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Victoria Cadostin

Hello,

Thank you for the letter and cost estimation. I accept the costs and will remit a check for $180 by the end of this week in order to receive them. Please feel free to shoot me a call or email if anything else is needed from me.

My best,
Victoria C.
857-504-4870

Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for the update, could you please return the check to me? Thank you!

Hello,

Please consider the following a new records request:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

1. Documented requests all electronic records containing the following keywords and email domains:

Keywords and phrases:
“Non-citizen voting”
“Only Citizens vote”
“Illegals voting”
“Election Integrity Network”
“EIN”
“Jenny Beth Martin”
“Kerri Toloczko”
“Lindsey Zea”
“Melody Clarke”
“Cleta Mitchell”
“Kyle Brosnan”
“Rosemary Jenks”
“Immigration Accountability Project”
“America First Legal”
“America First Policy Institute”
“Ken Blackwell”
“Hogan Gidley”
“Ken Cuccinneli”
“Oversight Project”
“Heritage Foundation”
“Texas Public Policy Foundation”
“Texas Election Coalition”
“Advancing Integrity”
“Christine Welborn”
“J. Christian Adams”
“Eagle AI”
“Eagle Eye”

Email domains:
“@virginiainstitute.org”
“@unite4freedom.com”
“@electionintegrity.network”
“@teapartypatriots.org”
“@iaproject.org”
“@AFL.org”
“@americafirstpolicy.com”
“@TexasPolicy.com”

The scope of Part I of this request includes the following legislators and all staff that report directly to the legislators:

Christina Worrell Adkins, Director of Elections
Secretary of State Jane Nelson
Governor Greg Abbott

2. In Election Advisory No. 2024-19, dated June 4th, 2024 regarding “Citizenship Requirements for Texas Elections”, Director of Elections Christina Worrell Adkins references having “received a number of questions regarding the legal prohibitions on non-United States citizens registering to vote and voting in Texas elections.”

Documented requests all records pertaining to such “questions” or communications referenced in this Election Advisory..

For Part 1 and 2, the search for records should include sent and received emails and any other electronic records including, but not limited to, scheduling and calendar records, text messages, and messages on messaging platforms, such as Slack, GChat or Google Hangouts, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Skype, Twitter direct messages, Facebook Messenger, or Parler. The search for email records should also include any email accounts used to conduct official business, including personal email addresses such as a "gmail" or "yahoo" account.

Please include any attachments to those records and other materials enclosed with those records at the time they were transmitted. For instance, for an email that is responsive to our request, please include all prior messages sent or received in that email chain, as well as any attachments to the email.

Furthermore, please see below for a list of clarifications and specifications that may be useful in completing the request:
1. As to item 1 of the request:
a) Limit the search to Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson and all staff that report directly to the secretary— meaning, staff that work in SOS Nelson’s office and report directly to her.
b) With respect to any e-mails or other written communications, I am requesting 3) both communications that Secretary of State employees sent to or received from external sources and internal communications exchanged solely among Secretary of State employees.
c) In reference to “Texas Public Policy Foundation” and “@TexasPolicy.com”, I agree to exclude news articles containing those search terms. However, please include any news letters coming FROM “Texas Public Policy Foundation” and “@TexasPolicy.com”.

2. As to item 2 of the request:
I am requesting both the communications to which the specified advisory is referring, and any internal correspondences related to those communications

3. As to both Items of the Request: No, I do not agree to narrow my inquiry in this manner.

Finally, I’d like to request a cost estimate of this request, given these new clarifications. Additionally, I’d also like to request an estimate of the number of results these search terms are bringing up.

The search for records may be limited to records created, sent or received between November 1st, 2023 through to the date of your final response.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Victoria Cadostin