Texas Secretary of State to Fight Closed-Primary Lawsuit

Texas Secretary of State to Fight Closed-Primary Lawsuit

Jane Nelson/Photo via Texas Secretary of State Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson will fight a lawsuit brought by the Texas GOP and local Republican Chip Hunt.The lawsuit, as we have previously reported, seeks to close the Republican Primary Election to registered members of the Republican Party, citing constitutional concerns with existing statutes prohibiting closed primaries. Hunt and the Texas GOP sued both the State of Texas and Texas Sec…

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson fights Republican lawsuit seeking closed primaries

The state’s top election official says such a change should be up to the Legislature, not the courts.