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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided March 4, 2003Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Carlos Uresti Chair, Human Services Committee Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether a home-rule municipality may adopt instant runoff voting (RQ-0591-JC)

Dear Representative Uresti:

Your predecessor asked about a home-rule municipality's authority to adopt instant runoff, or "preferential," voting.1

Representative Naishtat indicated that in 2001 citizens and officials of the City of Austin (the "City") considered adopting instant runoff voting. See Request Letter, supra note 1, at 1. He described instant runoff voting as a method that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Dallas Merchant's & Concessionaire's Ass'n v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  2. City of Richardson v. Responsible Dog Owners of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Bullock v. CalvertTexas Supreme Court · 1972
  4. In Re SanchezTexas Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Estrada v. AdameCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997

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