{"id":301,"date":"2019-02-27T21:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/resources\/gather-county-support-instructions\/"},"modified":"2019-02-27T21:40:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:40:39","slug":"gather-county-support-instructions","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/resources\/gather-county-support-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Gather County Support Instructions"},"template":"","class_list":["post-301","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-guide"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"County Election Officials around the state are eager to adopt OVR. 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You can help ensure our elections are accessible to all!<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas has 254 counties and four different elected and appointed offices that can play a part in registering voters and administering elections. That\u2019s about 1,000 people we need to ask to sign on in support of Online Voter Registration. <\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><b>Find Your County:\r\n<\/b>Check out if your county\u2019s officials have signed on by clicking on your county in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/page\/ovr-support-map\/\">interactive map<\/a><\/strong>, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/county-contact-information-status\/\">checking here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>See Where Your County Stands:\r\n<\/strong>If you're missing support from one or more of your county officials, it\u2019s time to reach out!<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Ask Your Officials to Sign On in Support:\r\n<\/strong>Email, call, or visit your county officials and ask them to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/viF8hrCDVymQuN1x1\">sign our support letter!<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>If they email back with questions, you can refer them to Common Cause Texas at agnaedinger@commoncause.org.\u00a0<b><\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nWant to do even more? You can ask your county commissioners to <strong>adopt a resolution<\/strong> in support of Online Voter Registration. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dOxKNoslETU-uC2I43HmLhiREdUbfWg4rjS2Ym_zjLA\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>our resolution template<\/strong><\/a> as a starting point, or you can see examples of these resolutions that other counties have passed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taea-elections.org\/default.aspx?TexasAssociationofElectionsAdministrators\/ElectronicVoterRegistrationCountyResolutions\"><b>here<\/b><\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With enough county officials signed on in support of online voter registration, it will be difficult for legislators to ignore our call for secure, accurate, and cost-effective voter registration, already in place in 39 other states.<\/span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movement for a strong democracy starts with you!<\/span><\/h3>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gather County Support Instructions - 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