September 7th in the Champions Club at the Texas Motorplex. The Forum will begin immediately following the monthly Executive Committee Meeting which starts at 6:30pm. This is your opportunity to hear from your future representative in Austin.
Ellis County News ________________________________________________________________________________________ Ellis County Young Republicans
We have been officially federated into the Young Republicans of Texas and we now have the ability to send delegates to the state convention and participate in votes at the convention.
We now have a full board with Joseph Porter as President, Daniel Southerland as the Vice President, John Bielamowicz as the Secretary, Hannah Southerland as the Treasurer, and Blake Hylton as the Social Media Officer.
We will have our next meeting on Tuesday, September 7th at 5:30 at the Ennis Motorplex.
Ellis County Young Republicans
_______________________________________________________________________________ Does Legislation Matter: An opinion piece by Kathy Ponce
Does Legislation in Austin matter? Yes it does but really only if it is meaningful legislation.
So many times I will listen to conversations and hear people say "we need a bill for that" or "we need a bill or a law for this". Do we really?
The reason I ask is because with more legislation comes a loss of freedom. One of the reasons so many people move to Texas is because it truly is a free state where much of the control is local. Maybe to many that seems far-fetched as we fight for our Legislative Priorities in Austin or we make phone calls and try to get bills that we care about passed in Austin. But as someone who lived in a blue state with a full time legislature, Bad bills were being passed weekly and sometimes daily. Because what is a full time legislature to do with their time but pass bills. More restrictions and requirements on your life.
So as September 1st has arrived and new bills/laws have been implemented into Texas (over 600 by the way) we must always seek good legislation to be passed. Legislation should always be looked at in two ways. Does this help Texas and its people if we have a Republican Governor? We must ask how this bill will affect the people of Texas if we were to have a Democrat Governor.
So let us always strive to pass legislation that will make Texas better but never let us strive to pass so many bills and so many laws that Texas loses the freedom that we cherish so much.
All politics local. These are some of the bills that will affect your life.
Dare I say those words in Ellis County...again. Yet here with are with another match up. We have to keep pushing our friends, neighbors, and family living here in Ellis County to continue to bring the vote out for this Special Election Run Off. It was almost comical at my Wednesday night church gathering when I was asked the proverbial question, "who won?" I laughed. In a room full of people under the age of 35, though, I must say I was impressed they were still engaged. Many, including myself, had predicted a run-off. The voter fatigue is REAL! I believe a saving grace is there is guaranteed no Special Election after this one. Or maybe I'm wrong? Maybe in a crazy twist of ironic fate, this universe will destine Ellis County to cycles and cycles of Special Elections with a run-off every time (insert menacing laugh). Props to our County, though, and props to everyone who has involved themselves for any candidate. When we involve ourselves, it has a ripple effect and we involve people who care about as and we them. In some way, our passion becomes important to them, and they want to be involved in the voting process. They want to be involved in the decision making. We must continue to push forward through this run off so we are able to focus on midterms, which I'm POSITIVE will be no cake walk.
Holly Freeman
Editor
Communications & Marketing
Analysis of the results from last week's TX HD 10 race presents good news along with some disappointing facts. Ellis County voters cast 88% of their votes for the five Republican candidates on the ballot. With 76% of the votes going to the top two candidates and both being Republicans it is great to see we are "Keeping Ellis County Red". Unfortunately, not all of the news is good. Ellis county has over 122,000 registered voters but less than 9% voted in this election. This means that fewer than 11,000 voters bothered to vote. The question we have to ask ourselves is why?
This low voter turnout could be the result of apathy or it could be lack of information. Were the residents of Ellis County aware that there was an election underway? Did they know when and where to vote? Unfortunately, it is very likely that if we could query many Ellis County registered voters a good portion would answer "no" to at least one of these questions.
It is my privilege to chair the Communications and Marketing team for Ellis County GOP. This team consists of Holly Freeman (editor of the Elephant's Ear), Heather Lynn Hill (Social Media), Eric Valdez (Audio-Video) and our newest member, Megan Mack (Graphics). This team is focused on building awareness of the Ellis County Republican Party, thus increasing the number of active conservatives in support of our efforts to elect GOP candidates. Your input and suggestions are very much appreciated to help us be more effective.
Please encourage your friends and neighbors to register to vote, volunteer to serve, attend events such as this week's candidate forum, sign-up for our monthly newsletter, etc.. If we all work together to maintain the support for Republican candidates in Ellis County while increasing voter turnout not only will we grow Ellis County's influence in Austin and DC we will "Keep Ellis County Red".
When you become a Legacy Circle member of the Republican Party of Ellis County you will be a vital part of helping us build a powerful and influential presence.
Your contribution will help keep Ellis County and the great state of Texas, RED!
Your valuable contribution will go directly to providing a permanent location for our GOP Headquarters in Ellis County which allows us to do the following:
1. Hold our GOP monthly meetings open to all citizens
2. Have training for Precinct Chairman and volunteers
3. Host our ‘Get Out The Vote’ efforts at election time
4. House our resources such as our candidate campaign signs and literature
5. Be a center for town hall meetings to educate and inform our citizens
There are several levels of membership – please choose the one that is right for you!
Please note, any candidate advertisements within this publication are included in accordance with sponsorship or advertising agreeements. This does not represent an endorsement of any candidate by the ECREC.
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