What the mail-in mess means for TX, layoffs + homeschooling. Connecting today’s news w/ the research & opinion you need from TPPF experts.

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Mail-In Mess

What to Know: In and around Columbus, Ohio, nearly 50,000 voters received inaccurate mail-in ballots. ([link removed] )

The TPPF Take: The rush to send mail-in ballots to voters who may not have requested them resulted in well over half a million voters having their ballots rejected in the 2020 presidential primaries.

“Evidence shows that voting by mail is more prone to error and harder to correct than voting in person,” says TPPF’s Quico Canseco. “That’s to say nothing of the postal delays that can occur. All these factors, plus the concerns about ballot harvesting, add up to confusion and a loss of trust by the electorate in an especially contentious election year.”

For more on voting by mail, click here.
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Travis and Dallas county Judges have decided to keep bars closed despite each county's COVID-19 hospitalization-to-staffed beds rates are well below the 15% rate of Governor Abbott's new Executive Order. ([link removed] )

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Green Fairy Tales

What to Know: Energy giant Shell is about to lay off thousands of workers as it seeks to transition to “low carbon energy.” ([link removed] )

The TPPF Take: A net-zero energy economy is prohibitively expensive and unreliable, something Shell is now realizing.

“Contrary to what its advocates claim, renewable energy can’t sustain our economy or even small portions of it,” says TPPF’s Jason Isaac. “And if Shell and BP are struggling to afford the high cost of going net-zero (or trying to), imagine the exponentially higher cost of achieving the same goal for the entire nation.”

For more on the Green New Deal, click here.
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Home Schooling

What to Know: Home schooling and other public school alternatives are more popular than ever in the COVID-19 pandemic. ([link removed] )

The TPPF Take: COVID-19 has opened the eyes of many families to educational opportunities beyond traditional public schools.

“While there are pros and cons to both traditional and non-traditional schools, we can all agree on one thing—parents should have the right to choose the best option for their child,” says TPPF’s LLC member Ashton Morgan. “For some, that will be a traditional school, and for others, it could be home school, a charter school, a virtual school or hybrid programs.”

For more on educational opportunities, click here.
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