Texas Insider Report: DALLAS Texas Heritage Alliances free Texas voter guide is open for online viewing and for the first time research on all 560 candidates is available to the general public at
www.txvoterguide.com.
Candidate grades A-F awarded by panels of
Heritage Alliance members indicating confidence in each candidates conservatism are available to members of Heritage Alliance.
Our 30 panelists gathered public information on 560 candidates in contested races" Michael Smith Executive Vice President said.
Then groups of 3-5 panelists reviewed those findings and assigned a letter grade to each candidate.
The product is a concise voter guide that can be printed at home and taken into the voting booth. Voters wishing to do their own homework can see ours with just a click of the mouse."
The Heritage Alliance Voter Guide covers all statewide and federal contests in 247 counties and all the way down-ballot in some of Texas most populous counties:
Bexar- Collin
- Dallas
- Denton
- Harris
- Tarrant and
- Travis
With this guide there is no need to wonder about a candidate whose name you dont recognize" said Smith. You can click on our research or take our grades as sound advice in choosing the conservative candidate."
Volunteers combed candidate web sites Facebook pages and the Texas Ethics Commission and Federal Election Commission web sites. In some cases information may have appeared at those sites after the research window closed.
In grading each candidate for the Voters Guide panelists considered (in order of importance):
- Voting record (if any)
- Donations to and from the candidate
- Endorsements of and by the candidate
- Statements from the candidates web site
- Answers to Heritage Alliances survey
Although survey answers are least important no candidate could receive an A grade without answering the survey.
Grades for state and county candidates are available to Heritage Alliance members. Membership is free. Federal election laws restrict the availability of grades for federal candidates (U.S. Congress) to Heritage Alliance members who have also contributed at least $1 in the past year.
