- Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin (x)
- Broadside collection, Eberstadt collection (x)
- Texas History (x)
- Legislation (x)
- White, Mark, 1940-2017 (x)
- Search results
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Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks and Richard Crawford White, August 3, 1976
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001972
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Creator
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White, Mark, 1940-2017
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Contributor
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, White, Richard Crawford, 1923-1998
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Topic
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Elections, Legislation
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Dates
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1976-08-03
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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The fax was sent from Texas Secretary of State Mark White to Representatives Richard Crawford White and Jack Brooks. It comments on the success of voter registration by mail in Texas. White proposed an amendment to the Voter Registration Act that would make Texas exempt from the Act, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.
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Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks, August 3, 1976
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001974
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Creator
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White, Mark, 1940-2017
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Contributor
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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Elections, Legislation
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Dates
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1976-08-03
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Texas Secretary of State Mark White provides a draft of the wording of the amendments he proposes regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.
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Title
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H.R. 11552, Voter Registration Act -- Suggested amendments offered by Secretary of State White, [August 1976]
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001973
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Creator
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White, Mark, 1940-2017
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Topic
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Elections, Legislation
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Dates
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1976-08
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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The annotated summary outlines the amendments Texas Secretary of State Mark White proposed regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.
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Staff note, August 3, 1976
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camh-dob-001975
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Topic
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Elections, Legislation
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Dates
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1976-08-03
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Note summarizing a call from Texas Secretary of State Mark White. White describes why he believes that states with their own voter registration programs in place should be exempt from the Voter Registration Act. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.
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Staff note, August 4, 1976
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001971
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Topic
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Elections, Legislation
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Dates
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1976-08-04
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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The note discusses whether or not Texas Secretary of State Mark White has been in contact with Representative Richard Crawford White. Secretary White called Brooks in order to propose an amendment to the Voter Registration Act that would make Texas exempt from the Act, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.
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Title
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Staff note, August 4, 1976
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001970
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Topic
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Elections, Legislation
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Dates
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1976-08-04
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Texas Secretary of State Mark White called Jack Brooks to propose an amendment to the Voter Registration Act exempting Texas from the Act, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.
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Telegram from Mark White to Jack Brooks, July 30, 1976
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001976
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Creator
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White, Mark, 1940-2017
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Contributor
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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Elections, Legislation
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Dates
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1976-07-30
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Texas Secretary of State Mark White proposes an amendment to the Voter Registration Act that would extend free postage to official voter registration information and absentee ballots.
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Texas Secretary of State Mark White -- Testimony on Voting Rights Extension, April 22, 1975
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001165
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Creator
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White, Mark, 1940-2017
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Topic
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Legislation, Civil Rights
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Dates
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1975-04-22
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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A copy distributed to the Texas delegation of the remarks of the Texas Secretary of State, Mark White, before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. The remarks are regarding the official Texas State opinion on the federal government sanctioning bilingual ballots, when Texas had already done so.