While Proposition A in Austin (to undo the damage done by an ill-advised and disastrous Defund the Police movement) is in the spotlight, there are many more items appearing on your ballot this October and November -- maybe even a few other Proposition As.
Don't be caught off-guard! The Tracker has the entire list of Travis County ballot items below and which voting precincts they will appear in. We will roll out voting recommendations gradually, so check back in frequently. And if you have any recommendations of your own feel free to leave a comment below.
Note on all bond propositions: Due to COVID-19 restrictions and the worsening of the economy on several fronts, many are in a difficult financial situation or have careers that are in jeopardy. A tax increase of any amount could harm taxpayers, families, and businesses. We therefore advise all voters to strongly scrutinize any bond proposal or spending measure, and to ask the question "Can this wait?"
***STATE***
Constitutional Amendment Election
(Vote "For" or "Against")
State of Texas Proposition 1 -- FOR
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women's Professional Rodeo Association to conduct charitable raffles at rodeo venues."
State of Texas Proposition 2 -- AGAINST
"The constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county."
State of Texas Proposition 3 -- FOR
"The constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations."
State of Texas Proposition 4 -- AGAINST
"The constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, a justice of a court of appeals, and a district judge."
State of Texas Proposition 5 -- FOR
"The constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office."
State of Texas Proposition 6 --FOR
"The constitutional amendment establishing a right for residents of certain facilities to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation."
State of Texas Proposition 7 -- FOR
"The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death."
State of Texas Proposition 8 -- FOR
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty."
***CITIES***
AUSTIN
Travis Co. Voting Precincts: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 160, 164, 200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 266, 267, 268, 273, 274, 275, 277, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 347, 349, 350, 351, 352, 354, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 374, 375, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 446, 447, 448, 450, 451, 452, 454, 458, 460, 461, 463
City of Austin Proposition A -- FOR
"Shall a petitioned ordinance be approved to enhance public safety and police oversight, transparency and accountability by adding new chapter 2-16 to establish minimum standards for the police department to ensure effective public safety and protect residents and visitors to Austin, and prescribing minimal requirements for achieving the same, at an estimated cost of $271.5 million - $598.8 million over five years?"
City of Austin Proposition B
"Shall the City Council be authorized to convey or lease approximately 9 acres of parkland currently used as the Central Maintenance Complex (CMC) located at 2525 S. Lakeshore Blvd. through a public bidding process, where the total value of the bid is equal to or greater than the appraised fair market value of CMC, in exchange for at a minimum: 1) at least 48 acres of waterfront land contiguous to an existing City park; and 2) the cost or construction of a new maintenance facility for the Parks and Recreation Department on other city-owned land; and 3) partial or full funding for the removal of Fiesta Gardens' existing maintenance facility and restoration of that land to parkland?"
CREEDMOOR
Pct. 403
Mayor
Fran Klestinec (only candidate)
City Council
(Vote for none, one or two)
Sabrina Ann Nelson
Anna Marquez
Leon Smith
Jacob Rane Wilhite
LAGO VISTA
Pcts. 308, 371, 373
Mayor
Edward (Ed) Tidwell
Council Member Place 1
Gage Hunt
Council Member Place 3
Rob Durbin
Write-in:__________
Council Member Place 5
Paul Roberts
Write-in:___________
Proposition A:
"Shall Section 1.04, entitled "Annexation and Dis-Annexation" be amended to provide for the City's annexation authority to include non-contiguous City property in accordance with State Law?"
Proposition B
"Shall Section 3.03 be amended in accordance with State Law to make the City Secretary the judge of the qualifications of all candidates for elected office?"
Proposition C
"Shall the second paragraph of Section 3.15 be amended to clarify that a required ordinance may regulate persons, property or both?"
Proposition D
"Shall the first paragraph of Section 3.16 be amended in accordance with State Law regarding enactment of ordinances?"
Proposition E
"Shall Section 3.19 be amended to refer to a “Code of Ordinances,” to require that all amendments be codified and maintained by the City Secretary, and to provide means of access to all other adopted codes, no longer requiring the City to provide printed copies of third-party intellectual property?"
Proposition F
"Shall the first paragraph of Section 4.01 be amended to require at least five affirmative votes to appoint the CityManager and raise or lower the City Manager’s compensation?"
Proposition G
"Shall the third paragraph of Section 4.01 be amended to correct a reference from Subsection to the entire Charter regarding investigations by the City Council? If approved, the word 'Charter' would be substituted for the word 'Subsection.'"
Proposition H
"Shall Section 4.03 be amended in accordance with State Law regarding appointment of Municipal Judges and court clerks and compensation of Municipal Judges?"
Proposition I
"Shall Section 5.01 be amended to delete an obsolete sentence regarding prior Council Member terms and to make non-substantive corrections?"
Proposition J
"Shall Section 6.08 be amended to reduce the percentage of registered voters required for a recall petition from twenty percent to ten percent?"
Proposition K
"Shall Section 6.11 be amended to allow recall petition limitations to apply equally to newly elected and re-elected officials?"
Proposition L
"Shall the first paragraph of Section 8.10 be amended in accordance with State Law regarding petitions and bond elections?"
Proposition M
"Shall last paragraph of Section 8.11 be amended to reduce the percentage from ten percent to five percent of registered voters required to protest issuance of debt instruments?"
Proposition N
"Shall the Charter be amended to correct non-substantive grammatical, typographical errors and scrivener’s errors?"
MANOR
Pcts.: 105, 106, 120
Mayor
Danny Scarbrough
Christopher Harvey
City Council, Place 1
Emily Hill
City Council, Place 3
Prince John Chavis
Maria Amezcua -- FOR
City Council, Place 5
Aaron Moreno
PFLUGERVILLE
Pcts.: 107, 110, 113, 123, 136, 137, 145, 146, 148, 150, 160, 161, 163, 203, 219
Council Member, Place 3
Kimberly Holiday
Bradley Scott Hickman -- FOR
Adline "A.K." Brewer
Council Member, Place 5
Jim McDonald
Mike Heath -- FOR
Proposition A
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to provide that Public hearings on disannexation are to be noticed pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act?"
Proposition B
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to provide that the caption of proposed Ordinances be published on the City's website?"
Proposition C
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to provide the creation of the position of an executive assistant to the city council?"
Proposition D
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation?" -- AGAINST
Proposition E
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to provide gender neutral wording?" -- AGAINST
Proposition F
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to correct spelling and grammatical errors?"
Proposition G
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to prohibit Council Members or city employees from being voting members of boards and commissions created by Charter or Ordinance?"
Proposition H
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to provide that the Mayor, with the assistance and input of the City Manager, shall set and approve the agendas for City Council Meetings?"
Proposition I
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to prohibit departments specifically eliminated by the Charter to be otherwise established?"
Proposition J
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to require the city manager to submit a proposed budget and an accompanying message on or before the first day of August each year?"
Proposition K
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to require the city manager to submit financial reports on a quarterly basis?"
Proposition L
"Shall the City of Pflugerville amend its Charter to prohibit any officer of the city or member of any city board or commission from participating in the deliberation of or voting upon the appointment or confirmation of any person, related to them within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity, to any office, position, clerkship, employment, or duty of the city even where state law authorizes their participation?"
Proposition M
"Shall the Charter of the City of Pflugerville be amended for compliance with state law?"
ROLLINGWOOD
Pcts. 307, 347
Council Member
(Vote for none, one, two or three)
Chris Braden
Alec Robinson
Amy Pattillo
Emily G. Doran
Brook Brown
Phil McDuffee
Proposition A
"The reauthorization of the local sales and use tax in the City of Rollingwood at the rate of one-fourth of one percent to provide for maintenance and repair of municipal streets. The tax expires on the fourth anniversary of the date of this election unless the imposition of the tax is reauthorized."
SUNSET VALLEY
Pct.: 301
City Council
(Vote for none, one, two or three)
Rudi Rosengarten
Wanda D. Reetz
Justin D. Litchfield
Karen L. Medicus
City of Sunset Valley
Proposition A
"Reauthorization of the Local Sales and Use Tax in the City of Sunset Valley, Texas at the rate of one-fourth of one percent to provide revenue for the maintenance and repair of municipal streets. The tax expires on the fourth anniversary of the date of this election unless the imposition of the tax is reauthorized."
Proposition B
"Whether the City of Sunset Valley Crime Control and Prevention District should be continued for five (5) years and the crime control and prevention district sales tax should be continued for five (5) years."
VOLENTE
Pct. 375
Council Members
(Vote for none, one, two or three)
Mark Metro
Timothy T. McMillan
Mary Scherer
Tom Blauvelt
WEST LAKE HILLS
Pcts.: 212, 317, 347, 364
Proposition A
"The issuance of bonds in the amount of $13,200,000 and the imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds for a new City Hall and Police Building and related infrastructure."
Proposition B
"The issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,800,000 and the imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds for street and drainage improvements to Camp Craft Road, Laurel Valley Road, Redbud Trail, Westlake Drive, Yaupon Valley Road and Terrace Mountain Drive."
Proposition C
"The abolition of the one-half of one percent (0.50%) additional sales and use tax for property tax relief; and the adoption of the local sales and use tax in the City of West Lake Hills, Texas, at the rate of one-half percent (0.50%) to provide for maintenance and repair of municipal streets."
***SCHOOL DISTRICTS***
ELGIN ISD
Pcts. 106, 107
Proposition A
"THE ISSUANCE OF $171,710,000 OF BONDS BY THE ELGIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES (INCLUDING TWO NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS, AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL (CTE PROGRAMS AND A FINE ARTS FACILITY) AND NON INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES) AND THE PURCHASE OF THE NECESSARY SITES FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES AND THE LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
Proposition B
"THE ISSUANCE OF $7,240,000 OF BONDS BY THE ELGIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT STADIUMS (INCLUDING RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO WILDCAT STADIUM) AND THE IMPOSITION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
Proposition C
"THE ISSUANCE OF $11,050,000 OF BONDS BY THE ELGIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR VARIOUS DISTRICT RECREATIONAL AND EXTRACURRICULAR FACILITIES (INCLUDING AN INDOOR MULTIPURPOSE CENTER) AND THE IMPOSITION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
LAKE TRAVIS ISD
Pcts.: 244, 306, 308, 312, 316, 318, 319, 320, 324, 330, 346, 359, 365, 368
Proposition A
"RATIFYING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF $1.2301 PER $100 VALUATION IN THE LAKE TRAVIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, A RATE THAT WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF 2.3 PERCENT IN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AS COMPARED TO THE PRECEDING YEAR, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL $3,000,000."
LAGO VISTA ISD
Pcts.: 371, 373
Board of Trustees, Place 6
David Scott
Board of Trustees, Place 7
Jason Hergenreder
Kevin Walker
LEANDER ISD
Pcts.: 232, 233, 234, 244, 245, 312, 333, 334, 337, 343, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375
Proposition A
"THE ISSUANCE OF $727,210,817 OF BONDS BY THE LEANDER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES, THE NECESSARY SITES FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES, BUSES AND VEHICLES AND THE IMPOSITION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
Proposition B
"THE ISSUANCE OF $33,298,077 OF BONDS BY THE LEANDER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND THE IMPOSITION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
Proposition C
"THE ISSUANCE OF $11,662,346 OF BONDS BY THE LEANDER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS AND AUDITORIUMS AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS AND THE IMPOSITION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
PFLUGERVILLE ISD
Pcts.: 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 123, 136, 137, 145, 146, 148, 150, 160, 161, 163, 203, 205, 211, 215, 216, 218, 219, 226, 227, 229, 258, 268
Proposition A
"Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.4080 in Pflugerville Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 8.6 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $14,227,238."
***SPECIAL DISTRICTS***
ESD No. 17
(Note: There are two elections -- eligible precincts may differ slightly)
Pcts.: 105, 107, 110, 111, 113, 123, 136, 137, 145, 146, 148, 150, 153, 160, 161, 163, 203, 215, 216, 219, 225, 227
Proposition A (Pflugerville Annexation) -- AGAINST
"Adding the geographic boundaries of the City of Pflugerville located in Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 to the Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17."
Proposition B (Pflugerville Annexation) -- AGAINST
"The geographic boundaries of the City of Pflugerville located in Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 assuming its proportionate share of the outstanding debts and taxes of the Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17, if it is added to the district."
Pcts.: 105, 106, 107, 110, 111, 113, 123, 136, 137, 146, 148, 153, 160, 161, 163, 203, 215, 216, 219, 225, 227
Proposition A (Unincorporated Area Annexation) -- AGAINST
"Adding the unincorporated areas situated within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 which are not included within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17 to the Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17."
Proposition B (Unincorporated Area Annexation) -- AGAINST
"The unincorporated areas situated within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 which are not included within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17 assuming its proportionate share of the outstanding debts and taxes of the Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17, if it is added to the district."
Note: Our pfriends are concerned these propositions, if passed, may amount to double-taxation.
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