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The Houston City Secretary has determined the petitioners seeking to repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance have failed to submit sufficient valid signatures to place a repeal referendum on the ballot.
Petitions are Public Information
All petitions submitted to a governmental entity in the State of Texas become public information, which is releasable under the Texas Public Information Act.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in Doe v. Reed (130 S. Ct. 2811) that disclosure of signatures for a referendum is protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Was your name placed on the petition without your permission?
There is evidence that petition signature gatherers engaged in fraudulent activity and added names to the petition of people who DID NOT sign it.
If your name appears on the petition and you did not sign it, please complete THIS AFFIDAVIT and mail it to the City Secretary.
Anna Russell
City Secretary
900 Bagby Street, Public Level
Houston, Texas 77002
We recommend emailing a scanned copy of the affidavit to citysecretary@houstontx.gov.
You can also email a scanned copy of your completed affidavit to us at affidavits@HEROpetition.com. Your name will be removed from the website when we receive your affidavit.
