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The Votcen Candidate Forum · Fort Bend County · May 2026

Every candidate on your ballot. One stage.

Votcen didn't just put the ballot on a screen — we brought the people on it into one room. Both parties. Every race. A packed house of Fort Bend voters asking the questions that matter.

15 races represented
30+ candidates
2 parties · 1 non-partisan stage
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15
Races on one stage
30+
Candidates featured
2
Parties · zero endorsements
1
County, brought together
What happened

The ballot, brought to life.

Most voters meet their candidates as names in tiny type on a sample ballot. Votcen flipped that.

Ahead of the Fort Bend County primary runoff, Votcen hosted "The Leaders of Fort Bend County" Candidate Forum — a single evening where the people running for everything from County Judge to the Texas Lieutenant Governor's down-ballot races stood up, took the mic, and answered to the voters they hope to represent.

A wall of every candidate's face. A floor full of residents. Real questions, real answers — and a QR code on the screen that dropped the entire ballot straight into voters' phones through the Votcen app.

"It only works if everyone gets the same stage, the same time, and the same questions."
Votcen founder on stage at the Candidate Forum, with the ballot and a scan-this QR code on the screen behind
The forum screen put the full ballot one scan away — the same data that powers the Votcen app and live ballot database.
The non-partisan promise

We convene everyone. We endorse no one.

Democrats and Republicans shared the same stage, the same clock, and the same questions. Votcen's job isn't to tell Fort Bend who to vote for — it's to make sure every voter can look every candidate in the eye, then decide for themselves.

From the room

The forum, in frames.

Tap any photo to view it full-size.

Bring it to your county

Host a Votcen Candidate Forum.

County parties, civic groups, chambers and PTAs: Votcen can stand up a non-partisan forum — every candidate, every race, a packed room, and the ballot in everyone's pocket. Let's build one where you live.

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Eddie Sajjad, founder of Votcen
Founder · Votcen

Eddie Sajjad

Eddie founded Votcen on a simple belief — that America is better when every voice is heard in the form of a vote. A Fort Bend County resident and civic organizer, he built Votcen to make voting simpler for everyone, and convenes the Candidate Forum so neighbors can meet the full ballot face to face. Votcen is a non-partisan platform and does not endorse candidates.