RepresentUs – have endorsed local ballot measure Proposition E, which, if passed, would create ranked choice voting for city elections. Prop E is one of five propositions brought by a citizen-initiated petition from the Austinites for Progressive Reform PAC that will go before voters in the May 1 special election. Accountable to Whom? A report released by the University of Texas at Austin found that the intent of its alma mater song, " The Eyes of Texas," was " not overtly racist," despite describing the song's origin – its debut at a minstrel show organized to raise money for UT's track team, where white student singers "most probably" wore blackface – as a "painful reality."