Gene Chapman
Tolstoyan-Gandhian Libertarian
for Texas Governor
(Endorsed by Dr. Noam Chomsky,
Intellectual of the Age)
ChapmanForTexasGovernor2014.com
P. O. Box 295545
Lewisville, Texas 75029
September 15, 2013
Mr. Gregg Abbott, Attorney General
of Texas
P. O. Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Re: 1st Amendment Ballot Access Issue
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
As you can clearly see, the
enclosed reply from Keith Ingram of the Secretary of State’s Office, Elections
Division, is not a rational reply to my enclosed letter of August 22,
2013.
I am requesting a religious exception,
as a Gandhian, to not be required to swear an oath on the Secretary of State’s
website to gain ballot access for the 2014 Texas Gubernatorial race. We Gandhians follow Jesus Christ’s
instruction to “swear not,” meaning that we are not to swear oaths to that
which is less than Truth Only, who is God. Swearing to man’s document is less
than Truth Only. We Gandhians also follow Jesus Christ’s instruction: “go not to law,” meaning that we are not willfully
to place ourselves under the jurisdiction of man’s laws. Therefore, I cannot “affirm,” as in this context of seeking elected office, I
would be willfully placing myself under the jurisdiction of man/ violence.
Your prompt attention to this
matter before the filing deadline of November 9th, 2013, as I
understand it, is greatly appreciated.
Most respectfully,
Gene Chapman
Tolstoyan-Gandhian Libertarian
for Texas Governor
(Endorsed by Dr. Noam Chomsky,
Intellectual of the Age)
cc: Congressman John Lewis
Mr.
Pat Dixon
Mr.
Keith Ingram
