Single Member Districts

What's the one thing that would make life on your block better? As Austin prepares for its first elections with 10 new geographic districts, KUT is diving…

This article was co-produced as part of an ongoing City Hall reporting partnership between the Austin Monitor and KUT. Listen to the audio story broadcast…

After seven tries and several decades, geographic representation is finally coming to the City of Austin. And as the city prepares, the vortex of activity…

Update: City Auditor Kenneth Mory says only nine of the 66 people who have applied to sit on a redistricting review panel are qualified to serve – and all…

This summer, Austin will begin drawing its first city council districts.The long slog towards geographic representation has been an uphill one: a fight to…

Update: In a protracted and somewhat testy meeting, the Austin City Council budgeted and allocated the sum of the city’s $14 million budget surplus.The…

Austin’s city auditor is practically begging more people to apply to be on the board that will draw the first geographic districts for the City Council.…

In recent years, only two cities – San Diego and Minneapolis – have gone through the process Austin is initiating: drawing geographic city council…

Starting next week, citizens can apply to serve on the independent redistricting commission that will draw Austin's 10 city council districts. Commission…

In November, voters approved a historic change to Austin’s form of government.For most of Austin’s modern history, the city council has been elected…