Texas legislature meets only once every two years (which is probably why we’re in better shape than most of the country).
Leg went heavily Republican in November. It meets this year.
Rep. Leo Berman is preparing to introduce House Bill 295:
“The secretary of state may not certify the name of a candidate for president or vice-president unless the candidate has presented the candidate’s original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States citizen.”
Texas has a boatload of electoral votes and will have even more in 2012 than in 2008.
I was just down in TX this past week to visit my in-laws. My kids felt conspicuous as Nebraskans in a state where our Huskers lost to both TU and A&M, but I tried to let them know that we are among friends when we’re in Texas, on things much more important than football.
Would there be any way for you to talk to Rep Berman and have him look at a longer proposed bill that would close a lot of loopholes that would still exist even if the shorter one he’s thinking of proposing was actually passed? The longer bill is posted at http://butterdezillion.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/proposed-eligibility-bill-2.pdf .