Progressive Views: Vote by Mail is Great
Vote-by-mail is also called vote-at-home or absentee voting. It’s increasing throughout the United States because it’s a great way to improve voter turnout, reduce election costs, and maintain security.
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Conservation | Economy | Energy | Issues | Medicare/Medicaid | National | State | Vote
Progressive Views: What Our Democratic Candidates Stand For
With the primary runoff complete, we now have our full slate of Democratic candidates for the November mid-term election. It’s a strong slate, filled with candidates with rich and varied backgrounds and a passion to work to improve the lives of all Texans.
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Gerrymandering | Issues | National | State
Progressive Views: Racism Returns with Out-of-Control Gerrymandering
Partisan and racial gerrymandering are major contributors to the current polarization in our nation. This polarization has led to a dysfunctional government dominated by extreme views. Moderate conservative and moderate progressive voters are often left out of the discussion, letting extreme views dominate.
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Abuse of Power | Disinformation | Issues | State | Vote
Progressive Views: Dysfunction at the Top
Under Jane Nelson’s leadership, the TxSoS Elections Division, previously a very efficient and responsive agency, has become much more difficult to work with. Issues run from inaccurate and late voter file updates and voter history files to not sending out voter registration cards. It’s clear that our Republican leadership wants the Texas election system to fail. It’s long past time to elect statewide leadership that works in the interests of voters, not against them. Time to elect Democratic leadership.
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Abuse of Power | Constitution | Hate | Issues | National | State
Progressive Views: The Judiciary Is Saving Our Bacon
Our judicial system appears to be the only entity protecting us from a totalitarian regime bent on taking complete control of our nation. The huge number of losses in court by this administration is thanks to organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and closer to home, the Texas Freedom Network.
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Progressive Views: Sowing Confusion, Trampling Rights
Our political leaders have spent years trying to convince you that your vote doesn’t matter and that the election system is corrupt; they’ve enacted unnecessary steps to make it harder to vote. All so you’ll give up and not cast your ballot. There’s plenty you can do to fight these efforts.
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Progressive Views: Too Many Billionaires Controlling Our Lives
CEOs are now being paid 280 times that of a typical worker. This happens because the system is rigged for the wealthy. The richest 1% of our population own 34% of the nation’s wealth–more than 10 times that of the bottom 50%. The top 100 richest families gave $2.6 billion to federal elections in 2024. There are numerous things we can do to address the issues, such as enact laws that make all political contributions public with full disclosure of the donors and antitrust laws.
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Action | Issues | Kendall County | National | Vote
Progressive Views: Your New Democratic Chair
This article introduces Suanne Pyle, the new Democratic Chair for Kendall County. She has been a Democrat her entire life, but her career in politics started with the Wendy Davis campaign for Governor in 2014. She previously served as Treasurer for the Kendall County Democratic Party (KCDP) the last 3 ½ years, along with several other responsibilities.
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Issues | Kendall County | Participate | Vote
Progressive Views: My “Farewell” As Party Chair
Laura Bray, outgoing KCDP chair, writes about the accomplishments of her tenure and thanks all of the people who helped her over 5+ years. She names the new chair, Suanne Pyle.
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Issues | Kendall County | Party | State | Vote
Progressive Views: Early Voting Starts Tuesday for the March Primary
Early voting begins on Tuesday and runs through February 27. Early voting is held at the KCEO office on Fawn Valley. (Unfortunately, due to changes passed by the Texas Legislature, Comfort will not have an early voting location.) Election Day is Tuesday, March 3. Kendall County will have eleven polling locations, and you can vote at any one of them.
