Annotations (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, July 18, 1972 Page: 3 of 4
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ANNOTATIONS
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Congratulations STCL políticos
Several professors and a stu-
dent of South Texas College of
Law were victorious in the May
6 primary and/or run-off on June
3*
Bob Gamraage, instructor at
Sooth Texas, with one Democra-
tic opponent in the primary elec-
tion, won the Democratic Candid-
acy for State Senator, District
7. Mr. Gammage was a "Dirty
SO member" as state represen-
tative. He frees a Republican
opponent in November.
Gene Jones, Assistant Dean
aid professor at STCL, is the
Democratic Candidate for State
B*>resentative District 97. He
was victorious in the run-off by
a substantial margin, and be also
will tece a Republican in the Nov-
Court of Harris County for si*
years and was head of the grand
jury division for two years.
Senfronia Thompson, is the
Democratic-Elect State Repre-
sentative of District 89. Mrs.
Thompson faces no opponent in
the Fall. Mrs. Thompson is a
student at South Texas College of
Law.
Voting machines
regulations given
LD. McMasters was successful
in his campaign for Judgeship of
Criminal District Court. Mr. Mo-
nasters bad worked for the Dis-
trict Attorney's Office as Chief
Tody Dupont
Section 3, Article 7.14, Texas
Election Code, provides, in part,
that the Commissioners Court
of any county in the State of Tex-
as may adopt for use in elections
in at least three (3) of the larger
election precincts in voting
strength in the county, any kind
of voting machine approved by
the Secretary of State, and may
adopt such voting machine at any
time for use in each additional
election precincts in the county
as it may deem advisable.
In November of 1967, John L.
Hill, Secretary of State and Chief
Election Officer of State of Tex-
as, approved five (5) electronic
voting systems for use at elec-
tions in the State of Texas, to
wit: IBM Votomatic, Seiscor 240
Recorder, Da tamed ia Vote-A -
Corder, VIP Vot-A-Maker and
Cubic Votronics Vote Counter.
The allocation of mechanical
voting machines to be assigned
to each precinct in elections held
at the expenses of the county is
a primary duty of the County
Election Board which is super-
vised by the County Clerk's of-
fice. At the present time, there
are Just 1,688 mechanical voting
machines in Harris County, and
they are allocated to each vot-
ing precinct on a fair and equit-
able basis. The County Clerk's
office prepares a pre-printed
list which shows the precinct
number, name of the election
judges, number of clerks, num-
ber of mechanical voting ma-
chines allocated and the number
of catagories. This information
is timely furnished to the voting
machine department so that the
county will know how many me-
chanical voting machines are to
be delivered to each polling
place.
Under the supervision of the
County Clerk's office and in com-
pliance with the expressed pro-
visions of Texas Election Code,
several election deputy clerks
go to the voting machine ware-
houses prior to each election for
the sole purpose of inspecting
each voting machine, to ascer-
tain whether or not the ballots
are correct and that the number
on each mechanical voting ma-
chine is turned back to zero.
Generally speaking, this is not
a complicated task in a local
election where there are only (me
or two issues on the ballot, but,
of course, prior to a general
election, it is a very tedious
procedure. However, it is believ-
ed that such efforts pay off on
election day, because approxi-
mately 99.9 per cent of the errors
are discovered and corrected im-
mediately, which eliminates
many delays and much confusion
of the day of an election,
Statements of principle ap-
pearing in newspapers are oft-
times esoteric endeavors into the
Machiavellian machinations of
the quest for truth and knowledge.
But, today's rhetoric of politics
and law precludes all but the sin-
ceres! efforts of communications
and representations.
This first issue of "Annota-
tions" is an experiment for both
the reader and publisher. Every-
thing about the newspaper - its
format, content, theme, and name
- is open to revision upon the
reader's suggestions. There will
be four more issues appearing in
October, November, February,
and April, and a special election
Issue in March.
Remembering that we are stu-
dent lawyers - "Annotations"
will endeavor to deal with legal
items of interest to STCL and the
community. Articles will be ac-
cepted and are encouraged, on any
topic, subject to the usual editor-
ial privileges of space and con-
tent.
Letters to the editor should be
signed, but the correspondent's
name will be withheld upon re-
quest.
In order of offset some of the
costs of publication, advertise-
ments of printable content will
be accepted subject to the estab-
lished rates ($2.65 per column
inch). These advertisements may
be of a political, personal or bus-
iness nature.
Due to the limited editions of
this paper - items of news and
editorial comment may some-
after their import-
" or the situation
rectified. "Annotations" wishes,
now, to apologise for any mis-
takes that might occur in the fu-
ture.
It is the prevailing attitude a-
mong both full and part-time stu-
dents that STCL lacks a sense
of community. This is to say that
there exists three separate en-
tities: students, faculty and ad-
ministration, rather than an aca-
demic community united by a
common goal.
Students at STCL are fortun-
ate that die Dean and full-time
faculty are accessable, but ac-
cessability is not the answer to
the questions that trouble us.
There seems to be an unwilling-
ness to exchange ideas and infor-
mation - so that hopefully new
ideas will emerge. This also
applies to the newly elected Board
of Governors which in addition to
the meetings should use "Anno-
tations" to disseminate ideas,
projects (for example the SBA
Budget, minutes, etc.) to the stu-
dent body, to you, the reader, as
a member of the Student Bar As-
sociation.
Instead of agreeing to disagree
on issues which are most com-
plex, might not a good starting
point be to begin a dialogue on
issues everyone agrees on. It
would be to everyone's advantage
for STCL as an academic com-
munity to ask a selected group
of independent academicians to
evaluate our performance and
make recommendations for the
implementation and constant re-
evaluation of STCL's quest for
acadéfnic excellence.
Whatever course STCL takes
Filing fee announced
in the coming years will depend
in large part on the participation
and interest of its student body.
For dialogue to progress let alone
exists, the students must show an
interest more apparent than just
reading the lounge bulletin
boards. In the end - you get what
you deserve!!!
STLC moot leam
defeats 3/ loses 3
A team representing the law
s chool competed in the Annual
State Junior Bar Moot Court
Competition July 4-7. Ken Doug-
las, Carl Haggard and BillRosch
represented the school. The case
involved the so-called "seat belt
defense." That is, whether toe
failure of a Plaintiff to wear a
seat belt at toe time of the auto-
mobile accident constitutes con-
tributory negligence or, in toe
alternative, may be considered
by the jury in mitigation of da-
mages. The team defeated Bay-
lor, Teas Tech and T.S.U. and
was defeated by St. Mary's, Hous-
ton, S.M.U. and Texas. In toe fi-
nal round Baylor won the oral
competition and Texas Tech the
briefing competition. The school
wiU next compete in the National
Moot Court Competition spon-
sored by the Bar of the City of
New York to be held in Novem-
ber. Students interested in par-
ticipating are asked to contact
Dean Ensle.
Tody Dupont
On February 3,1972, Bob Bul-
lock, Secretary of State and Chief
Election Officer of State of Texas
announced the following fee sche-
dule (Filing Fees) pursuant to
the order entered February 2,
1972, in the case of Johnston V.
Bullock et al and Article L03,
Texas Election Code. It was con-
cluded by the Secretary of State
that the following fee schedule
with a nominating petition as an
alternative to the fee schedule
satisfies the state interest in
regulating the ballot without
placing a wealth requirement up-
on candidacy in Texas. (Empha-
sis Added)
While fees will be collected
under the new fee schedule, the
purpose is not to raise revenue
but to comply with the compell-
ing state interest of regulating
the ballot so that the voters may
make an intelligent choice among
the candidates for office.
The fees and nominating peti-
tion requirement set our herein-
below are mandatory ig>on those
party officials of both political
parties who are charged with
the statutory responsibility for
conducting the Primary Elec-
tions.
NEW SCHEDULE OF FEES
The new schedule of fees for
either a full term or an unex-
pired term for toe various offices
is as follows:
a. All statewide offices..,
b. United States Representa-
tives $300
c. State Senator $150
d. State Representative. • JIOO
e. Member, State Board of
Education. v$50
f. Chief Justice or Associate
Justice, Court of Civil Appeals
$100
g. District Judge or Judge of
any other court having status of
district office as classified in
Article 6.05, Texas Election
Code .$100
h. District Attorney or Crim-
inal District Attorney $100
i. All County offices... .$100
j. County Surveyor or inspec-
tor of Hides and Animals.. .$50
k. County Commissioner. .$50
1. Justice of the Peace or Con-
stable for counties above 20,000
population, for counties under
200,000 population. $25
m. For all party offices.. .None
WANTED:
Articles, Letters to the
Editor pnd Advertisements
Contact Ted Greenberg
(621-2793) or Jo Ann
Gerhardt (664-5577) or
leave copy Fn school
office fn the SBA Box.
BRI NEWS
SAVE $25.00
If you enroll now, you are entitled to an early enrollment dis-
count - that means that tuition will be $150.00 instead of the
regular $175.00.
Materials Now Available
If you are taking the October, 1972 or January, 1973 bar exam-
inations, you can receive your three volumes of materials now;
If you are taking a subsequent bar, you can receive a used sat
of materials now for law school use (while the supply lasts)
and a new set when you start toe review course. See your stu-
dent representative for details.
For more Information call:
Cliff Halper
664-8094
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