The Government of the absolute majority instead of the
Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest
interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical
and oppressive that can be devised.
--John Caldwell Calhoun
Apparently, Texas has no provision for citizen initiatives.
This pretty much ties the hands of Democrats, who are at the mercy of
their Republican "representatives". Please see Initiative for
Texas to see what you can do to help change this situation.
See also Initiative
and Referendum.
State Progressive Organizations
- Democracy
for Texas. Democracy for Texas was founded to promote Howard
Dean's Democracy for America goals of supporting fiscally responsible,
socially progressive candidates and promoting grassroots political
organizing.
- Drive
Democracy. DriveDemocracy is a Texas-based organization
initially funded through a generous start-up grant from MoveOn.org.
Like MoveOn, DriveDemocracy wants to help ordinary people make their
voices heard in the political arena.
- Structure
of State Democratic Party
- Texas
County Democratic Club Websites
- Texas
Democratic Party
- Texas Democratic
Women. TDW promotes the increased political activity and
influence of Democratic women in Texas politics and government.
- Progressive
Populist Caucus. The Progressive/Populist Caucus stands for
reclaiming the Texas Democratic Party's historic purpose of achieving a
more just society by returning our Party and our government to the
people first.
State Organizations
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