April 25, 2024

Part One: The Voice of Texas, Scott Braddock of the Quorum Report gives us our weekly update on the Lone Star State. Topics: Federal judge says Texas voter ID law intentionally discriminates, sanctuary cities, should kids need parental consent to join a union, a bill to let county clerks recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples, and opposition to a proposal to give parents information about whether kids are vaccinated in schools.

Part Two: Mathematics Professor Christoph Borgers from Tufts on his idea for a multi-candidate voting system that may be even better than instant runoff voting.