Current board secretary. We can help. Wilco County Clerk: Erica Smith The ID should be up to date or can be expired up to four years. 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. Place 5: Amy Weir. We think Velsquez has more of the kind of experience that will serve a council member in good stead, and more credibility with the local powers on the ground in the heart of Tejano East Austin who have genuine power in a district where so many people dont vote unless theyre specifically asked to. 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Statesman Editorial Board endorsements: Texas election 2022 Guerrero has not yet found her rhythm as a politician, but she's definitely done the homework. Bottom (left to right): Lesley Briones (D), Jesse F. McClure . If elected, we hope Leffler will be able to listen to the diverse array of voices in D9 and not just hear them. Chronicle Endorsements for the May 7 State and Local Election It does matter that a queer Gen X Latina who also holds elected office is a tougher opponent than Kirk Watson has really faced before, and can ask questions he doesn't know how to answer. As a self-described urbanist, he represents a real change in direction after eight years of Kathie Tovo, and Linda Guerrero entered this race to provide a more status-quo alternative. Information is power. Supreme Court, Place 3: Erin Nowell (Despite some misleading literature from her campaign, we did not endorse her before.) TX-35: Greg Casar Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 1 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 3 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 5 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 8 stand on three big issues, Watch: Where candidates running for Austin City Council District 9 stand on three big issues. Curbside voting is available for people with disabilities including hearing, vision and mobility impairments. The Chronicle Editorial Board makes these recommendations. 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. So we invited the run-off finishers back for a more leisurely conversation. Can't keep up with happenings around town? Someone Should Do Something. Texas Voter Guide 2020 - The Houston Chronicle We hope that if elected she reaches for solutions appropriate to the scale of our emergency and acts with the urgency D9 residents need. Round Rock ISDCandidates to participate in election forum at Kalahari Resorts. Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). That seat may be up for election in November. The two not only spout know-nothing MAGAnational bullshit but also have tried to get the superintendent fired and the district taken over by the state. California Election: Voter Guide 2022 - The San Francisco Chronicle I married a man who has four kids with his ex, they never married ( the initial plan was to get married, but the elder bro. We offer here the considered opinion of our Editorial Board in most of the contested races on the Democratic primary ballot (Republican voters, you're on your own; may the odds be ever in your favor). Janet Dudding is the actual accountant among the three candidates in the Dem primary. The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election was a successful special recall election to remove San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office. The deadline to apply to vote by mail is Oct. 28. AUSTIN, Texas - The November 2021 election will take place on Tuesday, November 2nd. Copyright 1981-2023 Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved. HD136: John Bucy, 455th District Judge: Laurie Eiserloh January 2022 Election Calendar / Enero 2022 Calendario Electoral But people who came to Austin in this century year after year, decade after decade, from everywhere, doubling the metro area look at Israel now and hear her speak, and see and hear their own feelings about Austin today, and about our nation and our identities today, reflected back at them feelings of righteousness and belonging and fear, of urgency and need and gritty commitment, articulated by voices not heard before. Austin ISD has a big bond on the ballot. Our progressive community has never really had this much power to lift the SBOE's heavily conservative (racist, homophobic) hand from the necks of Texas children, and we think the incumbent is best positioned to use it. This $2.4 billion-with-a-B bond package is AISD's Project Connect, an expensive retrofit to bring district facilities up to where they need to be in the 21st century, a direction AISD first began pursuing with its 2017 bond program, with better-than-expected results. 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. 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. Candidate Scrubs Suspected Coup Planner From His Timeline. Polling places will also be open on election day, June 7, for. Watson was mayor of the city from 1997 to 2001 and is focused on tackling the rising cost of living, homelessness, public safety and transportation. What you can and cant bring to the polls. Railroad Commissioner: Luke Warford Opinion: 19 Children Are Dead. Early Voting Is Off and Running. District 4: Kathryn Whitley Chu Where do I vote and what's on my ballot in Travis County - KXAN Austin Embattled Texas AG Paxton's fundraising was drying up. Please contact Elections@austintexas.gov for any election related questions. Information is power. Talarico, elected at the same time as Zwiener, has impressed the heck out of everybody as the House's youngest (32) member, including Republicans who the Capitol crew thought would treat him better in redistricting. Wilco Commissioner Pct. Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9? Sunday, January 30, 2022 Last Day to Register to Vote in Primary Election. For more information, including polling locations, visit the Travis County Clerk's website. will be away from your county on Election Day and during early voting; are confined in jail, but eligible to vote; or. District 3: Jos Velasquez As we told readers then, it was not to shame him but to goad him to do better as the leader and defender of a big and diverse community, not a superhero who all by himself would build a political house big enough to hold the new Austin. Many of her peers have no doubt helped Watson fill his campaign purse to bursting. In the mayors race, that reconsideration was internal and brief; nothing about how the Nov. 8 election turned out, nor about the campaign thats unfolded since, made us rethink our support for Israel and for the reasons we laid out before. We trust their judgment regarding Eldridge, who deserves to serve despite attempts in two cycles now to use one of the minor contretemps that gets blown into scandal in this town to take her out. We blew this call four years ago, thinking Ellis couldn't possibly go the distance against the seasoned Southwest activists in the race. This is an interesting one. Texas 2022 Primary Voter Guide: May 24 runoff election Texas Runoff Election Voter Guide A roundup of the candidates and key state and local primary races that your vote will decide in. Download the application for an emergency ballot here. Chu has quite simply reinvented what JP 5 the precinct that covers the central city and, by extension, the Capitol does and can do as a front-line defender of justice in Travis County. District 6: Andrew Gonzalez If youre in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day, you cannot be denied a ballot. Election Day is Tuesday, March 1, and early voting for the primaries runs from Monday, Feb. 14, through Friday, Feb. 25. Also on the ballot: a $2.44 billion bond package for Austin schools, the largest in district history. So that's good, and she's right that DWI is an area that hasn't yet been impacted that much by justice reform. 2: Michelle Gutierrez Cohen 4: Stacy Hackenberg, Hays County Judge: Ruben Becerra This is the court that Brandy Mueller is yielding after 12 years to run for the 403rd, but it will likely remain focused on youthful offenders (17- to 21-year-olds) of whom there are currently more than 1,000 in the Travis County system to help them avoid being damaged for life by a permanent record. San Marcos Proposition A: FOR, Mayor: Celia Israel Proposition B $275 million for a high school that would be expected to open in 2026. Just because it is 2019, doesn't mean we can't still get into the swing of things in the election. We strongly recommend that RRISD voters vote for the Access Education slate: Place 1: Estevan Jesus Chuy Zrate. 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Leffler grew up working-class in Central Austin neighborhoods of the kind that now make D9 living so desirably out of reach; he has worked within the city bureaucracy and in a Council office; and he offers a compelling vision on how to ease Austin's housing crisis. Legitimate poll watcher or voting intimidation wheres the line? Got something to say? Council District 1: Natasha Harper-Madison. Everybody wants the Latino vote in Texas. Travis County: 2022 Primary Elections Voter Guide | KUT Radio, Austin's Registered and eligible Austinites may vote at any early voting location. We can help. Since she and Ryan Alter also largely agree on goals, we asked them about change and influence how do you intend to get more housing and child care and climate action or whichever priorities you want to champion? Having taught in AISD until last year, Chu has the most recent experience in its classrooms and deep convictions about the working conditions teachers deserve. 3rd Court of Appeals, P4: Rosa Lopez Theofanis, Senate District 5: No Endorsement Singh, on the other hand, has been a highly effective trustee on precisely the "adult political issues" Toolin wants to keep out of the classroom. During the 60-minute event, the candidates stuck to the talking points that have so far dominated this election season. Information is power. What's going on in the districts surrounding Austin? Republican Guide to the Austin May Election Propositions (A-H) 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. Name: AJ Marino School: St. Charles East, senior Sport: Wrestling Why he was selected: St. Charles East senior AJ Marino, who won the final match at the Class 3A team state dual tournament Feb. 25 to vault the Saints to the first team title in program history, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week. May 2022 Austin Special Election Ballot Proposition: Voter Resource Texas constitutional amendment election on Nov. 2: What you need to We feel Hernandez is the best prepared to take on that role and even expand it beyond Mueller's already admirable achievements. (Are you a Williamson County resident? Read The Austin Chronicle's coverage of the campaign trail at our Elections hub. Early voting:Here's what you need to cast your ballot in Central Texas. 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Of the remaining candidates, Jennifer Virden has some credible housing ideas, but is Republican enough that she stands too close to the treason and racist violence and is thus disqualified. 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Celia Israel on being herself on the mayoral trail, Duo leads in funds, reputations, and housing plans, Filling Kathie Tovo's shoes (with houses? Sharon Navarro, a professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said the messages Republicans are using to target Latino voters about immigration and the economy seem to be working. Ann Kitchen has been a reliably good Council member; her great reluctance to disempower neighborhood activists on land use issues has been offset by tremendous leadership on transportation, public safety, and public health. The governor is up for election, Austinites are choosing a new mayor, and there are some notable bonds on the ballot, including one to fund affordable housing projects in Austin. * Editors note, Thursday, Oct. 20, 10:31am: A previous version of these endorsements included a list of Round Rock ISD candidates, noting favorable incumbent[s] and horrible right-wing candidate[s].In a race where no party affiliation is listed on the ballot, we intended to simply identify the worst options and the incumbents who have proven sane ona disordered board.In error, we omitted candidates from the list and neglected to note non-incumbent candidates worthy of voters attention. Two proposed amendments one regarding religious . Here on the criminal side of the docket, Livingston's counterpart and fellow courthouse titan Brenda Kennedy is also retiring, and we think Mueller the innovative Court at Law No. 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. We do wish our professional colleague, former KUT and Texas Standard reporter Joy Diaz, further success in her political career maybe at City Hall? . Information will continually be updated as we approach the 2021 Election. SD14: Sarah Eckhardt Usually, Travis County voters are pretty good about taking seriously their responsibility to elect good judges at all levels. Chronicle Endorsements for Austin City Council Run-Off Election This was an easy choice for us, as Singh's only actively campaigning opponent, Heather Toolin, strikes us as a stalking horse for the know-nothing right-wing bullshit that's being dumped upon school boards across Texas. 2020 Voter Guide for S.F. Bay Area and California January 2022 Election | AustinTexas.gov Supreme Court, P9: Julia Maldonado Visit austinchronicle.com/austin-music-awards to see winners. Hays can hopefully fix the mess Miller and the Lege have made of cannabis regulation while also picking up where the last Democrat to hold the office, Jim Hightower, left off to make the still-vital Texas ag industries more sustainable and equitable. In-person early voting: Thursday, December 1, through Friday, December 9 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. Filing in the Republican or Democratic 2020 primary. Your Complete Guide for Voting in the Primaries- Reform Austin Elections Your Complete Guide for Voting in the Primaries By Staff - February 17, 2022 Early voting started on Feb. 14 and will continue until Friday, Feb. 25 for the March primaries in Texas. This seven-candidate field (we talked to six) to succeed retiring Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, now running for Congress, is amazingly qualified, and we thought this would be for sure a double or even triple endorsement. - Staff Reporter, Atlanta Business Chronicle. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth announces B.C.'s $150-million investment to fund upgrades to province's 911 emergency communication system during a press conference at a fire hall in the Vancouver Island community of Saanich. Email her at mcharpentier@kut.org. Dec. 14, 2022 Kirk Watson Wins Austin's Mayoral Race By Fewer Than 900 Votes New Council comes into focus in run-off election Dec. 13, 2022 Chronicle Endorsements for Austin City Council. TX-21: Claudia Zapata In November, a blue-wave election in Hays County swept out the prosecutors who had tried to convict Gray. Florida College Students Protest DeSantis Legislation on Gender