About Clean Elections Texas - Houston

We are part of a Texas collaborative leading the statewide initiative to bring Clean Elections to Texas.

Our overall goal is to pass two Clean Elections (CE) measures in the 81st TX Legislative Session that will provide public funding for judicial races and legislative races, thus freeing candidates from the need to court special-interest money from wealthy ideologues and corporations. We think passage of this legislation is the single most important thing our organization can do to restore our government to a participatory democracy.

One of our subgoals is to have local officials (city council, county commissioners, others) from every region of the state pass resolutions calling on the legislature to pass the CE measures in 2009. We are also getting commitments from local officials to take action in 2009 (lobbying, promoting, etc.). In support of these aims, we are building a coordinated grassroots network of activists across the state who will actively court and lobby these local officials. Volunteer efforts are strongly supported and coordinated.

Headquartered in Austin, under the auspices of the TrueCourageActionNetwork, and other groups, the Clean Elections team oversees the statewide strategy and serves as the network hub. It is the communications focal point for regional coordinators, and partner organizations.

Here in Houston and around the state, our allied organizations, the Texas League of Women Voters, Democracy Matters and other progressive organizations in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio are holding community,neighborhood and home based events, spreading the word about Clean Elections and publicly financed elections. The Meet Up network is our next step in educating the public and organizing like minded activists on this important issue.