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Austin Community College and the Travis County Sheriff’s Office have been working on getting this program off the ground for more than two years. The pilot is grant-funded.
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Incumbent Mayor Kirk Watson needs a majority of votes to be declared a winner and avoid a runoff. There were 3,200 provisional ballots cast that must be verified before being counted.
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Almost 613,000 people voted in the 2020 election, just over 71% of registered voters. This year, the turnout dropped to 586,185, around 63% of registered voters.
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Results for local elections: the Austin mayoral race, Austin City Council, Travis County district attorney and more.
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Voters were asked to approve a property tax rate increase of 2.5 cents per $100 valuation to pay for more affordable child care in Travis County.
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The county's Republican Party claimed there were not enough Republican workers at polling locations.
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More than half of registered voters in Travis, Hays and Williamson counties have already cast a ballot in the Nov. 5 election. Election officials expect long waits on Election Day.
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Two opposing groups, Pflugerville Residents for Responsible Taxation (PfRRT) and the firefighters and paramedics at Travis County Emergency Services District 2 (ESD 2), are at odds over whether or not a half cent sales tax should be cut from the district.
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The new food plan looks to bring together community partners and stakeholders to implement better practices to divert food from landfills and to expand and improve food composting efforts.
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More than 46,000 people cast their ballots in person on Monday. The record-breaking number also accounts for population growth in the county.