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It's Election Day In Texas. Here's Everything You Need To Know.

A vote sign outside the George Washington Carver Branch Library on Tuesday.
Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon
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KUT

Texans are voting  on 10 amendments to the state constitution. Closer to home, Austinites are deciding the fate of two city propositions.

Here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.

Make Sure You're Registered

You can go to VoteTravis.com to check if you are indeed registered properly in Travis County. Check out this site to verify your registration anywhere in the state.

Find Your Closest Voting Location

Consult the handy map below to find the most convenient polling place in Travis County. You can vote at any location in your home county.

Here are voting sites for HaysBastrop, Burnet and Williamson counties.

Bring ID

If you have a photo ID that is up to date, or expired up to four years, bring that ID to the polls.

If you had trouble getting an ID and just don’t have one, you have some options:

  • You can bring your voter registration card and use that as your form of identification.
  • If you don’t have your registration card, you can bring any kind of official document – that’s anything that has your name and address on it — like a bank statement or utility bill. While you are at the voting location, all you’ll have to do is a sign a form that says you had a reasonable impediment to getting an ID.

Be Ready For A Change In Some Counties

Some counties in Central Texas have gotten new voting machines since the last election. The new ones in Travis and Williamson counties now have paper ballots. Check out this video of Travis County Clerk Dana Debeauvoir showing how the new machines work.

What's On The Ballot

Travis County | Hays County | Williamson County

Statewide

Voters across the state will decide 10 proposed constitutional amendments — everything from prohibiting an income tax from ever being collected in Texas to allowing law enforcement animals to stay with their handlers when they retire.

Find a full rundown of those propositions here.

Travis County

Voters in Travis County will decide on Proposition A, which would re-allocate a portion of the county’s existing hotel occupancy tax and direct it toward renovations to the county Expo Center in East Austin.

City of Austin voters have two city propositions on their ballots: Prop A (not to be confused with the county’s Prop A) and Prop B.

Austin's Prop A would essentially add restrictions on the process by which the city leases out its land for large-scale projects and venues – like, say, a soccer stadium – and smaller projects, like youth sports organizations and theater groups. It would require those leases to be approved by a supermajority of the City Council and require a public vote on the leases. 

Prop B would require any expansion of the Austin Convention Center to be put to a public vote and would adjust how the city allocates revenue from taxing hotel stays, diverting more of it to cultural and tourism-minded efforts.

You can read more about the two Austin propositions here.

Del Valle ISD also has a $284 million bond measure on the ballot for new school facilities. Manor ISD has a $280 million bond for facilities, too.

There are also city council races in Sunset Valley, Pflugerville and Manor, among other small towns.

Hays County

In Buda, voters will choose betweenTerry Cummings and Jeffrey Morales for District C on the Buda City Council.

In Kyle, Yvonne Flores-Cale is challenging District 1 Council Member Dex Ellison, while Amanda Stark is challenging District 3 Council Member Robert Rizo.

San Marcos voters in District 1 will choose between Maxfield Baker and Mark Gleason, while Lisa Marie Coppoletta and Devin Barnett are challenging Place 2 Council Member Saul Gonzales.

In Wimberley, Suzanne White and Will Conley are running for Place 4 on the Wimberley ISD School Board.

Some Hays County voters will weigh in on City of Austin propositions, as well.

Williamson County

Countywide, voters will decide on two bonds, one to repair roads and one to fund parks. The county doesn't anticipate the measures will raise the county's debt tax rate. Proposition A would raise $412,000,000 in bonds to fund 11 road projects throughout Williamson County. Proposition B would raise $35,000,000 to fund 12 projects in parks across the county. Here's a full list and a map of the projects.

In Georgetown, voters will choose District 1's next Council member in a race between Alex Fuller, Stevie Nicole Jones and Mary Calixtro.

Three races on the Jarrell City Council will be decided, though only one is contested. Troy Bradshaw is running unopposed in Place 3 and Rusty Bryson is running unopposed in Place 4, while Patrick Sherek and Robin Barfield will square off to represent Place 5.

Pflugerville voters will choose their next mayor in a race between incumbent Mayor Victor Gonzales and challenger Brad Marshall. Dana L. Barbie, Doug Weiss and Emmy McDaniel are running for the Place 1 seat on the Pflugerville City Council.

In addition, Burnet CISD is asking voters to approve a $33.1 million bond package to improve existing schools and add classrooms. Approving the bond will not increase the tax rate, in fact the tax rate will decrease by 7.5 cents. The bond will pay for new technology in classrooms, building renovations and new furniture.

Some Williamson County voters will weigh in on City of Austin propositions, as well.

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