While state law requires political parties to elect officers during a gubernatorial year convention, state law does not mention "which" convention or how many conventions a political party can have. State law also says everyone who becomes a state delegate remains so until the next primary. Hosting a specialty convention after the November election but before December 31st via Zoom Webinar would be a cheap, easy, inclusive, and democratic way for us to elect statewide party officers. Voting can be done in a way similar to the 2020 Convention.
We call for the TX Democratic Party to change the rules to allow state delegates to elect the State Chair and other Statewide Party Officers during a virtual convention after the November election but before the end of December.
The Permanent Rules Committee passed this proposal and we now ask for the General Body to support it as well.
We call for rule changes to the Texas Democratic Party to institute ranked-choice voting for all party officer positions elected at the 2026 State Democratic Convention. It is confusing to our delegates to use ranked-choice for SDEC and committee members only to use an entirely other voting system for party officers. One common voting system will best serve our party. We also call for the party to institute electronic voting, including at in-person conventions, for to make our floor votes faster, easier, and more transparent.