But we also know what rape culture looks and smells like. Singh championed a consent-centered revision of AISD's sex education curriculum that also sought to help LGBTQIA+ students, and led the board in developing accountability metrics for AISD police to reduce violence against Black and Hispanic students. Voters in Manor and Lago Vista are deciding whether to ax CapMetro. Voters will chart the future of their local community, and of Texas as a whole, on a ballot packed with important races and big-ticket propositions. Statesman endorsements for May 2021 election - Austin American-Statesman The eight propositions (A-H) will be voted on by the residents of Austin during the May 1st 2021 special election that the Austin city council approved during the Feb. 9th council meeting. Austin American-Statesman 0:00 1:53 Voters will chart the future of their local community, and of Texas as a whole, on a ballot packed with important races and big-ticket propositions. Many of her peers have no doubt helped Watson fill his campaign purse to bursting. Here's what you need to cast your ballot in Central Texas. The city also held a special general election for the District 4 seat on the city council on January 25, 2022. A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. As regular Chronicle readers can surmise, there has been a wide spectrum of views on the Editorial Board regarding Casar's performance and agenda on the Austin City Council. Community Impact Newspaper has compiled a guide to the November 2022 elections in Texas with information such as candidate Q&As, sample ballots and election results. Support the Chronicle, One click gets you all the newsletters listed below, Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events. Travis County residents will see a mix of statewide and local races on their ballot. Statesman: Vote AGAINST Prop H. This initiative would provide publicly-funded $25 vouchers for Austin voters to support the mayoral or City Council campaigns of their choice. The incumbent has provoked some folks with her ideas and exasperated some others with her approach to governing, but she has also risen to the occasion and shouldered the several burdens that City Hall and Austin at large felt a need to place upon the one Black Council member, and the most prominent Black woman in local politics, over a term made chaotic by pandemics and police racism and violence. We were also impressed with Daniela Silva, who demonstrated a deep knowledge of Austin's housing issues and compassion for our unhoused neighbors. Download the application for an emergency ballot here. Leander Voted to Keep Cap Metro, but Will Manor and Lago Vista? We wish we were exaggerating. Just scroll down and enter your name and birthday. Every other statewide executive position is also on the ballot. Hays County? SD24: Kathy Jones-Hospod But thats not because we didnt reconsider them. Branscum and Zapata have made the best impression on us as the Democratic choice for this likely doomed contest against incumbent Rep. Chip Roy, R-Dripping Springs, in November. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. To see wait times at these locations, go here. Early Voting Is Off and Running. Find the Chronicles endorsements (with detailed explanations) here. Copyright 1981-2023 Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved. Chronicle Endorsements for the March Primary Election Instead, he's moving down the street (and across the Travis County line) to represent the somewhat less suburban (and less Anglo) North Austin neighborhoods in the seat held by retiring Rep. Celia Israel, now running for mayor. But Silva probably has more credibility with more of the southside portion of D3, which is largely East Riverside and Oltorf west to St. Eds lots of young people, lots of diversity, lots of renters. Your voting guide for the midterms in greater Austin Texas election voter guide: 2022 midterm races, candidates, dates But you can find out what exactly will be on your ballot and decide who or what youre voting for ahead of time. Texans will decide eight proposed amendments to the state Constitution on Nov. 2. TX-35: Greg Casar Lieutenant Governor: Mike Collier Make sure your county's elections office receives your ballot on or before Election Day. 2: Michelle Gutierrez Cohen. austin chronicle voting guide 2021 endorsements Posted at May 21, 2021 Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election. The two most challenging races for us to deliberate this cycle were probably the two commissioner contests. 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Embattled Texas AG Paxton's fundraising was drying up. Your Complete Guide for Voting in the Primaries - Reform Austin City Clerk November 2022 Election All information on this webpage is specific to the November 2022 City of Austin Election and the Campaign Finance Filing Requirements. Texas constitutional amendment election on Nov. 2: What you need to That will put her in the best place to find solutions to Austin's decadelong housing crisis. Where do I vote and what's on my ballot in Travis County - KXAN Austin Here's what's in it. So that's good, and she's right that DWI is an area that hasn't yet been impacted that much by justice reform. To find out what exactly will be on your ballot and to read about each candidate, check out the League of Women Voters Vote 411 guide. Our analysis of the just-begun 88th Texas Legislature. What you can and cant bring to the polls. 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Guerrero may be the better all-around option of these two. Hear directly from the candidates as they make their case for why they should be the next councilmembers. Support the Chronicle. November 8 Election Endorsements: All our endorsements collected on one Six candidates are running to represent the district in Southeast Austin. Craig, who has worked in Kitchen's office for five years, would move much more deliberately but would champion and, most likely, bring to fruition the small-area planning that Kitchen's side of the Code Wars has sought for decades opening the door for a mapless code scenario that can fix problems with Austin's regulatory regime in general without provoking protests from angry property owners. Yet Alter also has years of experience as Kirk Watsons aide in the Lege, so he knows how to negotiate and play hardball, which we generally like to hear. It's a job that requires an enormous amount of political savvy at the moment, and Limon-Mercado, former chair of the county Democratic Party and the head of Planned Parenthood's Texas political arm, has plenty of that as well as demonstrated competence as an administrator. It may indeed take two A.G.s to undo all the damage done by the worst villain in Texas state government, incumbent Ken Paxton, and either of these two super-lawyers former ACLU legal champion Garza or former Galveston Mayor Jaworski would be our pick for first chair. Austin ISD Prop A, B, C: FOR, Trustee Place 6: Steve Jackobs Many counties have voting centers that allow early in-person voting, and ballot drop-off, in the month before election day. Theofanis impressed us particularly with not only her command of, but her love for, the quirky world of appellate law, the things that make serving on this intermediate bench such an important role as a bulwark for Central Texans and their values against the hostile state government and its compliant high courts. Four seats are open on the Austin ISD school board. If youre in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day, you cannot be denied a ballot. Proposition C $6.5 million to allow the district to replace technology devices for students, staff members and classrooms, including Chromebooks, Dell desktops and interactive panels. . Got something to say? Place 5: Amy Weir. Usually, Travis County voters are pretty good about taking seriously their responsibility to elect good judges at all levels. Our land use policy and practice is still weak, obsolete, and broken, not just creating suboptimal outcomes as in the Nineties but imposing immediate and grievous costs on people who literally cannot find a place to live. The field is set in Austin's mayor's race and in five additional City Council races with seven candidates now officially competing to succeed Mayor Steve Adler. 2023 www.statesman.com. Travis County Voter Guide: Here's everything you need to know to vote