For Early voting locations, click here:
http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk ... ?code=E.47
For Mobile voting locations, click here:
http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk ... ?code=E.48
For Election day (November 6th) polling locations, you must go to your registered precinct. To find out where you are registered, click here:
http://www.traviscountytax.org/showVoterNameSearch.do
You can read a sample ballot here (though it includes all districts):
http://www.traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk ... o?code=E.3
In addition to selections for President, Senator, etc... there will also be some big local issues. Central Health and cooperation in the UT Med School is a game changer for Austin. The Charter amendments go straight to the core of how we elect our government. The bonds are a $385M investment in the local community that voters get to decide on. These are big issues and I hope that people stay through to the bottom of the ballot.
For Chronicle Endorsements, click here:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/201 ... orsements/
I have not seen the Statesman's endorsements, but I do know they support prop 1 (central health) as well.
CENTRAL HEALTH TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION PROP. 1: Approving the ad valorem tax rate of $0.129 per $100 valuation in Central Health, also known as the Travis County Healthcare District, for the 2013 tax year, a rate that exceeds the district’s rollback tax rate. The proposed ad valorem tax rate exceeds the ad valorem tax rate most recently adopted by the district by $0.05 per $100 valuation; funds will be used for im- proved healthcare in Travis County, including support for a new medical school consistent with the mission of Central Health, a site for a new teaching hospital, trauma services, specialty medicine such as cancer care, community-wide health clinics, training for physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals, primary care, behavioral and mental healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and/or to obtain federal matching funds for healthcare services.
CITY OF AUSTIN SPECIAL ELECTION
PROP. 1: Shall the city charter be amended to move the City’s general election date from May to November?
PROP. 2: Shall the city charter be amended to move the City’s general election date from May to November, to provide that
council members serve four-year staggered terms, to provide that council elections occur in even-numbered years, and to limit the mayor and council members to two terms?
PROP. 3: Shall the city charter be amended to provide for the election of council members from 10 geographical single-member districts, with the mayor to be elected from the city at large, and to provide for an independent citizens redistricting commission?
PROP. 4: Shall the city charter be amended to provide for the election of council members from eight geographical single- member districts, with the mayor and two additional council members to be elected from the city at large?
PROP. 5: Shall the city charter be amended to permit the members of the city council and the city council’s appointees to hire and manage their own staffs?
PROP. 6: Shall the city charter be amended to provide that the city council appoint the city attorney?
PROP. 7: Shall the city charter be amended to reduce the number of signatures needed for a citizen initiated ordinance or
referendum?
PROP. 8: Shall the city charter be amended to allow council members to raise political funds for 30 days after an election in
which the council member was elected?
PROP. 9: Shall the city charter be amended to permit the city council to lease parkland to an independent school district for a
purpose that the council has found, by a two-thirds majority, is a park purpose?
PROP. 10: Shall the city charter be amended to provide a civil service system for most city employees who are not already
covered by a state civil service statute?
PROP. 11: Adoption of the emergency medical services personnel civil service law ?
PROP. 12: The issuance of $143,299,000 transportation and mobility improvement bonds and notes and the levy of a tax suffi-
cient to pay for the bonds and notes.
PROP. 13: The issuance of $30,000,000 open space and watershed protection bonds and notes and the levy of a tax sufficient to
pay for the bonds and notes.
PROP. 14: The issuance of $77,680,000 park and recreation improvement bonds and notes and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay
for the bonds and notes.
PROP. 15: The issuance of $78,300,000 housing bonds and notes and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes.
PROP. 16: The issuance of $31,079,000 public safety facility improvement bonds and notes and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay
for the bonds and notes.
PROP. 17: The issuance of $11,148,000 health and human services facility improvement bonds and notes and the levy of a tax
sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes.
PROP. 18: The issuance of $13,442,000 library, museum, and cultural arts facility improvement bonds and notes and the levy of a
tax sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes.
