[citation needed] The Cincinnatus Association then led to the formation of the Birdless Ballot League, which advocated nonpartisan elections.

[citation needed] The new municipal charter enacted in 1925 as part of the Charterite movement established a Council-Manager form of government (abolishing the mayor-council system) and a civil service bureaucracy to replace political patronage.

The new charter, which created a nine-member council, also mandated nonpartisan municipal elections and proportional representation with preference-ranked voting.

Splitting the progressive vote with the Democrats throughout the 1960s, the Charterites barely survived the return of Republican rule, with Charles Phelps Taft II its only elected official by 1961.

The coalition was led at times both by Charterites (Bobbie L. Sterne and Charles Phelps Taft II) and by Democrats (Tom Luken and Jerry Springer).

In 1983 Marian Spencer was the first African American female elected to Cincinnati City Council and served as Vice Mayor and as a member of the Charter Party for one term.

Bortz left politics in 1988 to concentrate on business but was anointed as his successor the popular professional football player Reggie Williams.

[citation needed] Over the years, Charterites pursued several liberal and progressive causes, including reducing pollution and establishing cost-of-living wage increases for municipal employees.

Another Charterite initiative that has spread throughout the country requires private employers to inform employees of the risks of handling hazardous materials, known as a right-to-know law.

In recent years, the Charter Committee has sought to expand beyond the Cincinnati city limits, endorsing candidates in neighboring jurisdictions, such as Covington, Kentucky.

The Charter Committee advocates an activist government to address public problems and its main power base has been among the progressive-minded, educated, affluent senior citizens of Cincinnati.

[citation needed] As of 2021, the committee website states three main pillars that comprise its platform: Return, Reform, and Renew.