Taxpayer Empowerment | Episode 38: Election Integrity with Chuck DeVore

Texas election integrity is about more than counting votes. It’s about ensuring Texans can trust that elections are secure, transparent, accurate, and fair.In this episode of Taxpayer Empowerment, TPPF’s Jose Melendez sits down with Chuck DeVore, TPPF’s Chief National Initiatives Officer, to discuss key election integrity reforms Texas lawmakers could consider in the next legislative session. Their conversation covers election consolidation, foreign funding of ballot propositions, proof of citizenship, noncitizen voting, voting technology, and ways to strengthen public confidence in Texas elections.They also examine how holding local elections on low-turnout dates can affect voter participation and taxpayer-funded bond elections and why consolidating elections with higher-turnout primary or November elections could dramatically increase participation.In this episode:What election integrity means for Texas votersWhy public confidence and transparency matterThe case for consolidating local Texas electionsHow low-turnout elections can affect bond propositions and local governmentPotential taxpayer savings from election consolidationForeign money in state and local ballot propositionsClosing loopholes involving foreign political spendingProof-of-citizenship requirements for state and local electionsArizona’s two-tier voter registration modelState-issued identification for noncitizensStandardizing paper ballots and optical-scanning technologyHow Texas could produce faster, more trusted election resultsTPPF’s election integrity priorities heading into the next legislative sessionWhat would successful election reform look like? Chuck DeVore argues that the ultimate goal is an election system Texans trust enough that they can spend less time worrying about election mechanics and more time debating candidates, policies, and the future of the state.Subscribe for more conversations about Texas government, taxes, elections, and the issues shaping the Lone Star State.