2024 TX Senate race: on Government Reform


Colin Allred: Address voting rights & campaign finance but not term limits

[Opponent Roland] Gutierrez expressed support for term limits for members of Congress. "I don't know if it's two or three [terms], but at some point, you need fresh ideas," he said. Gutierrez already poked at Cruz over the issue in January, when Gutierrez filed a bill to require U.S. senators from Texas to serve no more than two terms.

Allred stopped short of backing term limits but said he understands the rationale behind the idea. He said legislation to fight partisan gerrymandering, tighten campaign finance laws and expand ballot access would more directly address frustrations with Congress.

"If you're able to address voting rights and campaign finance, which I think are the two real root causes of most of our problems, then I don't think you have to look at something like term limits," Allred said.

Source: Texas Tribune on 2024 Texas Senate race Aug 9, 2023

Roland Gutierrez: Supports term limits for members of Congress

Gutierrez expressed support for term limits for members of Congress. "I don't know if it's two or three [terms], but at some point, you need fresh ideas," he said. Gutierrez already poked at Cruz over the issue in January, when Gutierrez filed a bill to require U.S. senators from Texas to serve no more than two terms.

Allred stopped short of backing term limits but said he understands the rationale behind the idea. He said legislation to fight partisan gerrymandering, tighten campaign finance laws and expand ballot access would more directly address frustrations with Congress.

"If you're able to address voting rights and campaign finance, which I think are the two real root causes of most of our problems, then I don't think you have to look at something like term limits," Allred said.

Source: Texas Tribune on 2024 Texas Senate race Aug 9, 2023

Carl Sherman: We want more people to participate in our democracy

The legislation in question in Texas would empower poll watchers, eliminate drive-through voting and 24-hour polling centres, among other restrictions. Republicans also added language to the 67-page measure that could have made it easier for a judge to overturn an election. "We've said for so many years that we want more people to participate in our democracy. And it just seems that's not the case," Democratic state Representative Carl Sherman said of the legislation.
Source: Al Jazeera on 2024 Texas Senate race May 31, 2021

Ted Cruz: Supports voter integrity law; opposes ballot harvesting

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Texas Senate race Aug 8, 2024

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