The State of Texas Executive Division Capitol Building, 1E.8 P.O. Box 12697 Austin, Texas 78711-2697 Phone: 512-463-5770 Fax: 512-463-2761 Dial 7-1-1 For Relay Services www.sos.state.tx.us Ruth R. Hughs Secretary of State March 10, 2020 Austin R. Evers American Oversight Sent via Electronic Mail in care of Mariuxi Pintado to: records@americanoversight.org Re: Request for records, TX-SOS-20-0286, received: February 24, 2020 (SOS PIR No. 20-0217) Dear Mr. Evers: This letter responds to your request for information under the Public Information Act, Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code (the "PIA"), which was received by the Office of the Texas Secretary of State (the "Office") via email on February 24, 2020 (the "Request").1 In your Request, you indicate that you are seeking the following records dating back to November 1, 2019: All communications (including emails, email attachments, text messages, calendar invitations/entries, letters, memoranda, or other communications) between (1) any of the individuals listed below and (2) anyone communicating on behalf of Texas Public Policy Foundation (including, but not limited to, any email addresses ending in texaspolicy.com). a. Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs, and anyone communicating on her behalf, such as a scheduler or assistant b. Deputy Secretary of State Jose A. "Joe" Esparza c. Executive Assistant/Scheduler Linda Payne d. Elections Division Director Keith Ingram e. Elections Administration and Voter Registration Kristi Hart f. General Counsel Adam Bitter g. General Law Christina Adkins We are processing your Request in accordance with the terms of the PIA.2 To that end, please find the attached documents responsive to your Request. We require more time to review our 1 The Office operated on a skeleton-staff basis on March 2, 2020 in observance of Texas Independence Day. Therefore, the 10th business day from the date that we received your Request is today, March 10. 2 The PIA applies only to information already in existence at the time that a governmental entity receives a request and does not require the entity to prepare or assemble new information in response to a request. See Tex. Gov't Code ?? 552.002, .021; A & T Consultants, Inc. v. Sharp, 904 S.W.2d 668, 676 (Tex. 1995); Fish v. Dallas Indep. Sch. Dist., 31 S.W.3d 678, 681 (Tex. App.--Eastland 2000, pet. denied); Open Records Decision Nos. 452 at 2-3 (1986), 342 at 3 (1982), 87 (1975). records and produce other responsive documents, if any. We will provide you any additional documents--to the extent such information is not excepted from disclosure under state or federal law--by 5:00 p.m. on March 20, 2020. See Tex. Gov't Code ? 552.221(d). If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact our office at (512) 4635770. Sincerely, Adam Bitter General Counsel Office of the Texas Secretary of State generalcounsel@sos.texas.gov Enclosures all LTE 16:36 100% 9 Alicia ?F?iitiifu'? youtu . be 1 Tue, Jan 28,1310 Want to try and grab coffee this week or next? Tue, Jan 28,1510 Sure. Next week is better. lam off to nased tomorrow Sounds good. Wednesday the 5th is the best time for me. I have a meeting at 3 and one at 9334) but am otherwise free. Mon, Feb 10, 15:31 Do you remember the number of that Zaffarini bill? a 49 my 9 T000201 all LTE 16:37 100% Alicia Do you remember the number of that Zaffarini bill? SB 1638 I think Thanks! She has so many bills. Looks like this is it: Fri, Feb14,12104 Did we ever figure out if the reasonable impediment affidavits are subject to Ple? They are indeed Beautiful Btw, I think Chuck from our office is going to call you about disabilifv renuirements for vote a a) div a we all LTE 16:39 100% 9 Message Fri, Feb 14. "341-1 DeVore here. Were military counted differently in 2014? I?m only seeing 3 mail ins for the whole state aged 18-23 that year vs. 7,748 in 2016. The sender is not in your contact list. Report Junk From: Ruth Hug hs Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 6:49 AM To: 'Ruth Hughs' Subject: FW: Policy Orientation 2020 From: Clint Nesmith Texas Public Policy Foundation Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 4:36 PM To: Ruth Hughs Subject: Policy Orientation 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from OUTSIDE of the SOS organization. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are expecting the email and know that the content is safe. If you believe this to be a malicious or phishing email, please send this email as an attachment to Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. It's ?l i POLICY omfurmon January 22-24, 2020 Conference Center Austin, TX PO 2020 registration has of?cially opened, and as always, elected of?cials and legislative and agency staff are all invited to attend for free!* Policy Orientation is the place to be for policy and legislative updates and you won?t want to miss the awesome conversations and panels we have planned. We had a blast at the Hilton last year and this year we're taking over the Conference Center. Spots are filling up fast so make sure you plan to join us in Austin! 2020 will be our best year yet so make sure you register today. [1 *Each of?ce has been allocated 1 elected of?cial ticket plus 3 staff member tickets. TX-SOS-20-0286-A-000005 GET YOUR TICKET Texas Public Policy Foundation 901 Congress Avenue Austin Texas 78701 United States You received this email because you are subscribed to Event Invitations from Texas Public Policy Foundation . Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Unsubscribe from all future emails 3/30/2020 Mail - Dylan Winters - Outlook From: GeneralCounsel Date: Friday, March 27, 2020 at 10:23 AM To: AO Records Cc: GeneralCounsel Subject: [Ext]RE: Public Records Request (TX-SOS-20-0286) Good afternoon, Consistent with our March 20, 2020 email, please see the attached document in response to your request for information under Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code. The Office does not anticipate any further production in response to your Request. Jennifer Williams Legal Assistant to the General Counsel Office of the Texas Secretary of State From: GeneralCounsel Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 5:17 PM To: 'AO Records' Cc: GeneralCounsel Subject: RE: Public Records Request (TX-SOS-20-0286) Good afternoon, Consistent with our March 10, 2020 letter, please see the attached document in response to your request for information under Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code. We require more time to review our records and produce other responsive documents, if any. We will provide you any additional documents—to the extent such information is not excepted from disclosure under state or federal law—by 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2020. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.221(d). Sincerely, Adam Bitter AMERICAN PVERSIGHT https://outlook.office365.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkAGJmZjIxNGNhLTM3ZDAtNDFkNy1hZjNjLTVhN2Y1ODc1NWFkNAAQAFa4DVP%2FDwhKqH5602F7q2Q… 1/2 3/30/2020 Mail - Dylan Winters - Outlook General Counsel Office of the Texas Secretary of State From: GeneralCounsel Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 4:42 PM To: 'AO Records' Cc: GeneralCounsel Subject: RE: Public Records Request (TX-SOS-20-0286) Good afternoon, Please see the attached letter, and five (5) enclosures, in response to your request for information under Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code. Jennifer Williams Legal Assistant to the General Counsel Office of the Texas Secretary of State From: AO Records Sent: Monday, February 24, 2020 2:56 PM To: GeneralCounsel Subject: Public Records Request (TX-SOS-20-0286) CAUTION: This email originated from OUTSIDE of the SOS organization. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you are expecting the email and know that the content is safe. If you believe this to be a malicious or phishing email, please send this email as an attachment to Informationsecurity@sos.texas.gov. Dear Public Records Officer: Please find attached a request for records under Texas public records laws. Sincerely, Mariuxi Pintado Paralegal American Oversight records@americanoversight.org www.americanoversight.org   @weareoversight Public Records Request: TX-SOS-20-0286 AMEHICAN PVERSIGHT https://outlook.office365.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkAGJmZjIxNGNhLTM3ZDAtNDFkNy1hZjNjLTVhN2Y1ODc1NWFkNAAQAFa4DVP%2FDwhKqH5602F7q2Q… 2/2 Subject: Coffee with A.Pierce Start: End: Fri 2/7/2020 9:00 AM Fri 2/7/2020 10:00 AM Recurrence: (none) Organizer: Ruth Hughs A\11 ICA PVERSIGHT 1 TX-SOS-20-0286-C-000001