r/MontgomeryCountyTX

I've lived in The Woodlands since 1995 and I'm on the November 3 ballot as an Independent for JP Precinct 3 (The Woodlands, Spring, and Magnolia areas).

Quick background: I'm a local attorney, arbitrator, and mediator. Earlier in my career I was a patent examiner, clerked for a federal judge and the Supreme Court of Ohio, and served as Chief Legal Officer of BlackBerry. Locally, I volunteer as a mediator with the Montgomery County Dispute Resolution Center and serve on the library advisory board.

Why the JP court? It's where most people actually meet the justice system: small claims, evictions, debt cases, traffic tickets, usually without a lawyer. In Texas, a JP doesn't have to be a lawyer either. I think the people's court should have a judge with real legal training who answers to the law, not a party.

Two things I'd like to do:

• Explore evening and Saturday sessions, so people don't have to lose a day's pay or take a personal day to be heard
• Hold free quarterly sessions on how to handle a small claims case

One thing I won't do is take positions on political issues. Judges shouldn't, and that's a big part of why I'm running without a party label. I've been heartened to see support coming from across the political spectrum. To me, that's what a local court should look like: people of every persuasion trusting they'll get a fair hearing.

I'll be here answering questions as I see them, but particularly today from 9 a.m to 12 noon. Ask me anything about the race, the JP court, or how small claims and evictions work in Montgomery County.

Early voting is October 19-30. More at electchuckmeyer.com

I've created two basic rules for the subreddit

1. No nudity. This is self explanatory.

2. No hate. This is for keeping here as civil as possible. I want this place to feel welcoming for everyone. This does include racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia, or other forms of isms or ists.

I do hope this place will thrive and be welcoming.

You can check you registration status here (Montgomery County)

https://elections.mctx.org/vrlookup.asp?curLang=English

You can also check here, as well as research issues and candidates.

https://www.vote411.org/

It needs to be postmarked today.

You CANNOT register to vote online. Texas is one of 8 states that does not have online voter registration.

You can print applications out and fill them out but you MUST turn them in yourself or mail them (personally, I’d hand carry it to Election Central)

Most libraries will also have paper applications.

Everyone, PLEASE go double check your voter registration if you haven’t within the past couple weeks as Texas DPS had a system glitch and over 500k registrations done through them did not get routed correctly. There is no harm in filling out another if you don’t see yourself as registered.

This is how we change things, y’all. Do not let people who couldn’t care less about whether you can afford groceries or not make decisions for you.