The City Clerk’s office touches every resident of Dallas, from the voter registering for the first time to the business owner pulling a public record. Here’s how Margaret will modernize and strengthen this office.
Transition Dallas city records to a fully searchable, cloud-backed digital archive. Residents deserve instant access to ordinances, meeting minutes, and resolutions, not weeks of waiting.
Cut the average TPIA response time from 30+ days to under 10 business days through dedicated staffing, better software, and clearer request intake procedures.
Administer every city election with rigorous standards, multilingual voter outreach, and expanded early voting sites — especially in underserved neighborhoods across Dallas.
Publish full Council agendas 72 hours in advance (not 24), post certified minutes within 5 business days, and create plain-language summaries residents can actually read.
Dallas is a city of many languages. All core Clerk's Office services — forms, requests, voter registration — will be available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Amharic.
Implement modern cybersecurity standards and off-site backup protocols to protect Dallas's historical and legal records from disaster, data loss, or unauthorized access.
Dallas residents have faced consistent challenges accessing their own government. Margaret is running to fix that, starting on day one.
Dallas City Hall consistently misses Texas Public Information Act deadlines, leaving journalists, attorneys, and ordinary residents waiting months for basic government documents they're legally entitled to.
Critical city records, including council minutes dating back decades, are stored in paper formats with no searchable digital counterpart. A disaster could wipe them out permanently.
Several Dallas neighborhoods, particularly in southern Dallas, lack adequate early voting infrastructure, creating real disparities in who can easily participate in local elections.
City Council meeting agendas posted too late and minutes too complex for average residents mean real transparency is out of reach for most Dallasites, especially working families.
This campaign is built by Dallas residents, for Dallas residents. Whether you can spare an afternoon, a donation, or your yard, there’s a place for you here.
Canvass, phone bank, or staff events, every hour matters.
Even $5 helps us reach more Dallas voters. No contribution is too small.
Show your Dallas neighborhood who you're voting for in November.