Mail-In Voting

 Main-In Voting is debated in the highest levels of government.  Mail-in and Electronic Voting lays an easy foundation for election fraud.  Not only identification of the person filling out the actual ballot is nearly impossible to establish, the access to such ballots is harder to control and the outcome of the election is easily controlled by those in charge and in possession of the List of Voting Members. 

We requested the List of Voting Members last year and this year and we have not been provided such a list for neither August 2024 Election, September 2024 Vote or August 2025 Election.  As a non-profit corporation Cherokee Shores Owners Association has to have this list available and be able to provide it to the members who request it in writing in accordance with Business Organization Code, Chapter 22., Sec. 22.158 Preparation and Inspection of list of Voting Members. See: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.22.htm

  Cherokee Shores Owners Association Bylaws, Article V, Section 3 states: Voting must be in person.  Absentee ballots will only be accepted on the Thursday and/or Friday prior to the Annual Election at the Association office during posted hours.  

Why is that important? 

  I personally with proper procedures in place could be convinced that mail-in voting is a convenient future.  But the amount of security needed in order to guarantee fairness of such election/votes is very tough to establish and calls for utmost trust in the establishment.  

  Not only our Bylaws strictly require our Election/Votes to be in person by specifying that our voting: must be in person; Cherokee Shores Owners Association is using our regular P.O. Box 1126 as a method of collection mail-in ballots making those ballots accessible by anyone who checks mail for Cherokee Shores on the regular bases and our regular connect@cherokeeshores.org email making those ballots accessible by anyone who has access to that email.  

There is no question that both of those methods of voting are not secure and all one has to do to get rid of the unwanted ballots is to throw it in the trash either it is a real trash basket or a virtual one.  With this organization being a Private Owners Association no government oversees these elections and only the members of this POA may demand change.  

  The current lawsuit is asking the Court to uphold our Bylaws by declaratory judgement that the voting must be in person.  I am a new member and I am not sure how far back this goes.  But as of right now Cherokee Shores Elections are improper and according to our Bylaws illegal. 

  Congratulations to Karen Sanders Johnston on winning the Election!!!