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Perry edits
Please read your source more carefully. Firstly it doesn't say he's an independent now and secondly there are (per your source) "...two key requirements in Texas for someone to run as an independent candidate for president." Perry fulfills only one so far. Also, in a wp:BLP we have to be careful with controversial claims. Please keep that in mind. Cheers.--TMCk (talk) 21:07, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Texas law states not voting in the Primary of the Democrats or Republicans is that for 2 years that person is not officially either a Democrat or Republican. If someone also wants to run as a independent that person must of not voted in that Primary election meaning that person is considered a independent voter for 2 years unless they attend a political convention of the 3rd party like The Texas Greens and Texas Libertarian Party and signs a declaration they affilate with that Party. Now in the case of Rick Perry he didn't attend the Fayette Republican County Convention. Also by Texas law even if seeks election as a independent but he didn't then till 2018 he is not officially a Republican by Texas Election Statute. You David live in a required Party Registration state that you can still be considered whatever party you declare as and miss the Primary or Caucus. Texas is a open Primary state that it means when you vote you declare yourself either as a Democrat or Republican and are part of either party for 2 years or declare at a county convention of either Democrat or Republican but failure to do either officially declares you not part of the 2 party system and would be classified as a independent. Article shows that I have been correct.


 * Even if this were correct, how do you know he didn't sign a affiliation declaration since per your own words this is possible "even in Texas"? So again, you cannot do your own research and add it to the article.--TMCk (talk) 22:12, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Rick Perry
Please stop reinserting the text about Perry not being a member of the Republican Party. The source you cite does not say that not voting in the 2016 primary makes him an independent. That may well be Texas law, but all the source you cite says is that not voting in the 2016 primary has a consequence if he wants to run for office in 2018. If you disagree, then WP:BRD counsels that after being reverted, you should take the dispute to the article's talk page, not insert it a second time. David in DC (talk) 21:11, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Rick Perry Party Affiliation for 2016-2018
http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/tt-texas-rick-perry-voting-record.html Bottom of Article says First in order to run as a independent the person must of not voted in the Democratic or Republican Primary. Failure of Rick Perry to vote in Primary makes him a independent voter. Till 2018 he is by election law officially a independent and not being in Office no longer gives him a special status where he can at anytime sign a affiliation declaration.


 * I'm not questioning whether you're stating the law accurately. As far as I know, you are. The link to Governing magazine seems to bear out the point. Plus, you're entitled to the standard Wikipedia assumption of good faith. But the legal issue is not dispositive. The crucial question is whether there's anything in this source that says so. It doesn't.  To put it in the article, we'd need a reliable source that says Rick Perry is no longer a Republican (or has now become an independent.) I regret that the way Wikipedia works can be frustrating. Please check out this essay for further explanation WP:TRUTH. Incidently, while I spend a fair amount of my time in DC, I actually live in the 'burbs. :) David in DC (talk) 18:28, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * It's also important to note that his spokesman says he did indeed vote in the primary. See this article from the Texas Tribune. Again, the question is not whether he's now an independent. It's whether a WP:RS says so. Again, I understand and sympathize with how this can be frustrating.David in DC (talk) 18:45, 21 June 2016 (UTC)