Texas Noncitizen Voting ORR 07.11.24 (Texas Secretary of State)

Victoria Cadostin filed this request with the Texas Secretary of State of Texas.
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SOS PIR No. 24-0722

Multi Request Texas Noncitizen Voting ORR 07.11.24
Est. Completion July 29, 2024
Status
Fix Required

Communications

From: Victoria Cadostin

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

From: Texas Secretary of State

Good morning,

Thank you for contacting the Office of the Texas Secretary of State (“Office”). This email acknowledges receipt of your request for information under the Public Information Act, Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code (the “PIA”), which was received by the Office via email on July 15, 2024 (the “Request”).

We will process your Request in accordance with the PIA and will let you know if we have any questions or need clarification. You will receive a response from our Office on or before the 10th business day, July 29, 2024.

Kind regards,

Jennifer Williams
Legal Assistant to the General Counsel
Office of the Texas Secretary of State

From: Victoria Cadostin

Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for your response, I look forward to hearing more.

All my best,
Victoria

From: Texas Secretary of State

Ms. Cadostin,

Please see the attached letter in response to your request for information under Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code.

Sincerely,

Adam Bitter
General Counsel
Office of the Texas Secretary of State

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