While the positives outnumber the negatives in the state’s new budget, Texas will be well served if its state leaders remain focused on fiscal restraint. The national recession has been punishing to states that lost their budget discipline and abandoned pro-growth tax policies, and Texas should not follow their example.
Ranked-Choice Voting: Overview and Model Legislation
The movement to adopt ranked-choice voting as a system for elections has been growing throughout the nation. It is a complex method of voting that has a disenfranchising effect and violates the “one person, one vote” doctrine. Key Points: Ranked-choice voting is slow, confusing, and complex. RCV violates the one person, one vote doctrine. RCV...