In our last newsletter we criticized state legislative efforts that suppress voting access. The less-covered part of the story is that many other state legislators are working to expand voting access, with at least 843 bills introduced this year to do so. In either case, please remember that simply introducing a bill doesn’t mean it will pass. Our newsletter also covered the voter initiative in Austin, TX, to move from a council-manager system to council-mayor. That initiative failed 86%-14%, with a few related changes, like ranked-choice voting, passing.