October 10, 2021
This quarter’s update has a lot of ground to cover. While the Texas Legislature is now in its third Special Session since the Regular Session ended at the end of May, there has not been an opportunity to include ranked choice voting in the discussions.

June 1, 2021
Thanks to all of you who contacted your Texas state legislators in support of Ranked Choice Voting.

We made progress this session despite the focus on designated priority issues of pandemic recovery, energy security after the February freeze, and the 2020 election aftermath.

This nonpartisan change in voting logistics is needed more than ever in Texas to save money, elect officials with broad voter support, and help restore faith in elections.

April 10, 2021This is a call to action.

We are now midway through the 87th Texas Legislative Session. Three RCV bills were filed in the House, one in the Senate. You can see details on our website.

The House will hold a hearing on HB740 this Thursday, April 15. This bill would enable military and overseas voters to use RCV to ensure that their votes are counted in the event of a runoff.

January 22, 2021
This quarter’s update has a lot of ground to cover. The events in the Capitol on January 6 make us determined to work on ways to prevent anything like this from happening again. As FairVote CEO Rob Ritchie said, "Our problems have deep and complex roots that go far beyond electoral rules. But making our representative democracy work demands changing the incentives of how to get elected and stay in office. Until we reform our elections, too many of our political leaders will be  incentivized to reinforce these divides and deepen polarization."

October 19, 2020

As Election Day approaches, it seems appropriate to think about how our political system is
working.

Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) isn’t a cure-all but will help on three fronts...