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The New York Times published an editorial this morning calling for Congress to pass crucial electoral reform before their August recess, specifically HR 811 which would mandate a voter-verified permanent paper record or hard copy of a voter’s ballot that would serve as the official ballot of record. I couldn’t agree […]

Would it surprise you to hear that there’s a single legislative reform that will set us on course to solve our health care, school funding, energy, and environmental problems?
If so, you haven’t heard about Clean Elections.
Clean Elections, an opt-in system of publicly funded campaigns, is a way for average citizens to run for […]

[This is the third installment in our interns’ chronicles of their adventures interviewing members of the public as well as elected officials about government and the relationships between voters and those elected to represent them. The interviews are part of our developing Participatory Democracy civic education program.]
Throughout this summer, we (Punam and Jonathan) have […]

Gov. Rick Perry recently appointed a new Secretary of State to replace former SOS Roger Williams, who had resigned to “pursue other opportunities.” Phil Wilson, a former deputy chief of staff to the governor, took office at the beginning of this month, after assuring Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) that, as the state’s top elections […]

[From time to time our blog features diverse voices in addition to our regular contributors from the TCAN staff and board. This one comes from TCAN intern Punam Kaji, a Plan II and Government major with a minor in Business at the University of Texas at Austin.]
For the past five weeks, my fellow intern Jonathan […]