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March 10, 2016
Mr. Carlos H. Cascos
Honorable Secretary of State, Texas
James E. Rudder Bldg.
1019 Brazos St.
Austin, Texas 78701
RE: Chief Elections Officer of Texas
Dear Honorable Secretary Cascos,
In accordance with Title 3., Chapter 31., Section 31.001 of Texas Code identifying you as the Chief
Elections Officer of Texas, and in response to a query from one of our colleagues, a legal citizen and
voter in Texas on the dates in question as shown below, we issue this inquiry into the following matter.
Mr. Kenneth Gunnell
1005 Deer Park Court
Longview, Texas, 75604
Congressional Voting District #1

On behalf of Mr. Gunnell and the good people of Texas, and in the public interest of the nation, we
hereby respectfully request a timely official response to the following question.
In light of the attached official citizenship records for Sen. Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz in Calgary, Alberta
Canada, dated December 22, 1970 (attached) and a document confirming the renunciation of his
Canadian citizenship dated May 14, 2014 (attached), is it your official opinion as the Chief Elections
Officer for Texas that U.S. Senator Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz was in fact a legal citizen of Canada in
November of 2012, when he ran for, was elected and certified by the Texas Secretary of State as the
new U.S. Senator representing the good people of Texas, as a legal citizen of Canada?
We have no other questions at this time.
Time is of the essence and we will very much appreciate your timely response.
Respectfully,
Stephen Pidgeon
Lead Counsel for NALC
P.O. 783
Hermitage, TN 37076