One of the issues is whether the Justice Department will allow this. Texas has to pre-clear all changes in election rules with the Justice department under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its extensions. This will be interesting; my SREC Committeeman is black, and my SREC Committeewoman is Hispanic. Do you really think the Justice Department really cares what their opinions are?
I am not an expert on the Voting Rights Act and how it works today in actual practice, as opposed to theory. It simply hasn't been an issue I've had to deal with.
I picked up from the Texas Tribune article when posted originally that the federal DOJ may have to clear changes in voting rules. Does this apply only to state law or also to political party delegate selection processes? In other words, does Barack Obama’s attorney general get a veto right over decisions of the Texas Republican Party on how their presidential preferences will be expressed?
If it does, a decision by Herman Cain to publicly attack Mitt Romney and declare that he supports a change in the Texas rules could put President Obama and AG Holder into a very difficult position if they decide to interfere.
I've said before that something very big is going to be necessary to break Mitt Romney's momentum at this late date. It may already be impossible. But some sort of alliance between Gingrich and Romney, plus the support of Cain, Perry and Bachmann, could make very clear that basically the entire Republican presidential field opposes Mitt Romney despite the differences they all have with each other. That could send a very, very powerful message that the base is revolting against Mitt Romney, and Texas could be the perfect state to make that stand against the Republican elites.