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Preserving American Freedom > Reforming the Judicial System > Visiting Judges
We support legislation prohibiting judges defeated by the electorate from serving as visiting judges, or acting as judges in any capacity, until such time they are reinstated by the electorate through a subsequent election.
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That would bar a lot of really good Republican judges in Dallas County! Face it: judges are elected by straight party ballting influenced by national moods. They are rarely elected by their personal merit.

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Preserving American Freedom > Restoring Integrity to Our Elections > Voter Registration
We support restoring integrity to the voter registration rolls and to reducing voter fraud. We support repeal of all Motor Voter laws; re-registering voters every four years; requiring photo ID of first time registrants; proof of residency and citizenship, along with voter registration application; retention of the 30-day registration deadline.
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This plank is hypocritical. Our preamble states: "We are the party of ideas, of innovation, the party of the Information Age. We are the bottom-to-top party of the people, not the top-to-bottom party of the state." That conflicts with a plank that calls for adding red tape for the sake of increasing hassle.

Voter ID is sufficient to root out fraud and is covered in the Fair Election Procedures plank.

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