Seniors Oppose Voter Suppression. TARA "Free the Vote" Rally on Facebook Leaders of the Texas retiree movement and voter rights experts will speak on the Texas Retired Americans Facebook Page at 6 PM Friday, April 9. Texas has been called the very center of the fight for vote... Read more
NEWS RELEASE April 1, 2021 Contacts: Tony Padilla, 512-552-8703 or tonypadillatcuiam@austin.rr.com Judy Bryant, 214-729-0063 or Judy4TARA@aol.com Texas Retirees Stand Against Voter Suppression Legislation Seniors Demand that state legislators vote against t... Read more
One of the major tools of voter suppression is the voter purge. This voter suppression tactic takes advantage of the fact that there are many voters who are apartment dwellers. People who live in apartments move more often. If a voter does not respond to correspondence from th... Read more
The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) needs you. In 2021, we want you to help us fight Texas voter suppression so that we can use our power at the polls to make breakthroughs on key issues. [caption id="attachment_2876" align="alignnone" width="1200"] fight for the r... Read more
We have to fight once more for the right to vote. White southerners were outraged when other people won the vote after the Civil War. Eventually, through outright violence and reactionary local laws, white southerners prevailed from roughly 1876 to 1965 when the sacrifices of ... Read more
Hi TARA Friends, We know that the Texas Covid19 Vaccination program has been a frustrating disaster for most people. Governor Greg Abbott needs to hear our voices because we all deserve a shot. Texas leaders ... Read more
Fund Raiser January 9 The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans annual fund raiser is Saturday, January 9, at 4 PM. Our main speaker is Montserrat Garribay of the Texas AFL-CIO. TARA continues to defend our rights even as a hostile government, malevolent corporate managers, an... Read more
Vote By Mail — Apply Now! Texas seniors over 65 and certain others are empowered to vote safely by mail. Even better, we only have to ask once for an application that applies to every election in a given year. So, apply now and vote by mail all year! If you need to regis... Read more
Texas retiree activists will continue putting the "move" in "movement" during 2021. Our January 9 fund raiser must undergird another year of battling for retiree rights. We are currently asking for large and small donations to be sent to Treasurer Teresa Perez-Wiseley, 909 Theres... Read more