Petitions

Weed decriminalization, homelessness, convention center renovations — they've all been on the ballot in Austin in the last few years because of petitions from Austinites. But city leaders want to reexamine how residents trigger citywide elections.

The Austin city clerk has validated thousands of petition signatures collected by a political action committee seeking changes to how local government works. That means these changes could go before voters this year or next.

From Texas Standard:As Texans gear up for the 2020 elections, some hopeful candidates are struggling to get on the ballot. As a result, the Libertarian…

It was as if they’d been studying Austin’s recent petition haps and mishaps.State lawmakers on the House Elections Committee began hearing testimony…

In a dark room usually reserved for musical performances in South Austin’s Strange Brew coffee shop, four Austin residents met on Monday to talk about the…

When word first broke that a local political action committee calling itself Austin4All had enough signatures to recall City Council Member Ann Kitchen,…

When you Google image search Rachel Kania and Tori Moreland, you'll find each of them in similarly staged photos, each wearing a collared shirt and…

The Austin Monitor reports: While the city clerk still has not received a promised petition seeking the recall of Council Member Ann Kitchen, the Texas…

Austin is riddled with petition fever, or so it seems lately. Last week, local group Ridesharing Works for Austin – a political action committee funded by…

A local group funded by Uber and Lyft has turned into Austin City Hall a petition with the signatures of 23-thousand local voters, with the hopes of…