Early voting set to begin Monday
Early voting for November’s election begins Monday and stretches through Nov. 1.
With this election cycle comes changes throughout Hays County. Voters in the county can now utilize county-wide polling, which allows voting at any polling site in Hays County during early voting and on Election Day — Nov. 5.
Hays County will also be utilizing new voting machines. The machines used this year have a touch screen that includes the ability to toggle back-andforth between English and Spanish during voting and will print a paper confirmation of a voter’s selections. The machine will print out the voter’s selections for review after it asks twice if the voter is sure the selections are correct. Poll workers can assist in canceling a ballot and restarting the voting process if a voter notices a mistake on the ballot after it’s printed. The ballot is cast by placing the printout in a secure scanner that records the vote electronically. The paper printout will serve as a backup if a recount occurs.
The Hays County Commissioners Court has added 18 polling locations for Election Day and five new early voting sites.
Early Voting Locations:
San Marcos
- Hays County Government Center — 712 South Stagecoach Trail
- Hays County Health Department/ Live Oak Health — 401 Broadway Street #A
- San Marcos Fire Station #5 — 100 Carlson Circle
- Sinai Pentecostal Church 208 — Laredo Street
- Texas State University LBJ Student Center — 301 Student Center Drive
Kyle
- ACC Campus Hays — 1200 Kohlers Crossing
- Hays CISD Admin Office — 21003 Interstate 35
- Kyle City Hall — 100 West Center Street
Buda
- Buda City Hall — 405 East Loop Street
- McCormick Middle School — 5700 Dacy Lane
Wimberley
- Wimberley Community Center — 14068 Ranch Road 12 Wimberley ISD Admin Building — 951 FM 2325
Dripping Springs and Driftwood
- Hays County Precinct 4 Office — 195 Roger Hanks Pkwy, Dripping Springs
Austin
- Ledgestone Senior Living — 13150 Four Star Boulevard
Votings times are as follows:
- Monday, Oct. 21- Friday, Oct. 25 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
- Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
- Monday, Oct. 28- Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct. 31 and Friday, Nov. 1 from 7 a.m.– 7 p.m.
On the Ballot
State of Texas Constitutional Amendments Proposition 1
The constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time. — For — Against
Proposition 2
The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $200 million to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas. — For — Against
Proposition 3
The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster. — For — Against
Proposition 4
The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax, including a tax on an individual’s share of partnership and unincorporated association income. — For — Against
Proposition 5
The constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue received from the existing state sales and use taxes that are imposed on sporting goods to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission to protect Texas’ natural areas, water quality, and history by acquiring, managing, and improving state and local parks and historic sites while not increasing the rate of the state sales and use taxes. — For — Against
Proposition 6
The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase by $3 billion the maximum bond amount authorized for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. — For — Against
Proposition 7
The constitutional amendment allowing increased distributions to the available school fund. — For — Against
Proposition 8
The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects. — For — Against
Proposition 9
The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this state. — For — Against
Proposition 10
The constitutional amendment to allow the transfer of a law enforcement animal to a qualified caretaker in certain circumstances. — For — Against
City Elections City of San Marcos General Election, City Council Place 1
— Maxfield Baker — Mark Gleason
City of San Marcos General Election, City Council Place 2
— Saul Gonzales — “LMC” Lisa Marie Coppoletta — Devin Barrett
City of Kyle General Election, City Council District 1
— Yvonne Flores-Cale — Dex Ellison
City of Kyle General Election, City Council District 3
— Amanda L. Stark — Robert Rizo
City of Woodcreek General Election, Mayor — Uncontested Race
— Gloria Whitehead
City of Woodcreek General Election, City Council, at-large
— Brent H. Pulley — Chrys Grummert — Charlie LeCompte
City of Buda General Election, Position 1 At-Large (Place 1) - Uncontested Race Declared Elected: Lee Urbanovsky
City of Buda General Election, District C (formerly Place 2)
— Terry Cummings — Jeffery K. Morales
School District Elections Wimberley Independent School District General Election, Place 4
— Suzanne White — Will Conley
Wimberley Independent School District General Election, Place 5 — Uncontested Race
— Joe Malone
Hays County Emergency Services District No. 9 Special Election, Proposition No. 1
Adding the area within the city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the cities of Mountain City, Mustang Ridge, and Creedmoor, and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the cities of Uhland, Austin, and Dripping Springs, to the extent those areas are within Hays County and not already within the boundaries of Hays County ESD No. 9, Hays County ESD No. 2 and North Hays County ESD No. 1, to the Hays County ESD No. 9, and that area assuming its proportionate share of the outstanding debts and taxes of Hays County ESD No. 9, if the area is added to the District. — For — Against
Headwaters Municipal Utility District of Hays County Special Election, Proposition A
Designating the Headwaters commercial defined area. — For — Against
Headwaters Municipal Utility District of Hays County Special Election, Proposition B
The issuance of $138,500,000 bonds for water, wastewater and drainage system facilities to serve the Headwaters commercial defined area and the levy of taxes in payment of the bonds. — For — Against
Special Election, City of Austin, Prop. A
Shall a city ordinance be adopted that requires that a sale, lease, conveyance, mortgage, or other alienation of Cityowned land for any existing or future youth, recreational, or professional sports facility or any existing or future entertainment facility be approved by a supermajority vote of council (9 of 11 members) and also be approved by the voters at an election for which the City must pay; requires that any site development permits and variances related thereto be approved by a supermajority vote of council (9 of 11 members); requires that site development permits and variances related thereto be approved by the voters at an election for which the City must pay, if the sale, lease, conveyance, mortgage, or other alienation of City-owned land for the facility has not already obtained voter approval; requires that the facility post payment and performance bonds and pay ad valorem taxes, or payments equal to the amount of ad valorem taxes; and requires that all information concerning such sale, lease, conveyance, mortgage, or other alienation shall be disclosed to the public? — For — Against
Special Election, City of Austin, Prop. B
Shall an ordinance be adopted that prioritizes the use of Austin’s Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue by continuing the City practice to spend 15% of the Austin Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue on cultural arts and 15% on historic preservation, limiting the City’s spending to construct, operate, maintain, or promote the Austin Convention Center to 34% of Austin’s Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue, and requiring all remaining Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue to support and enhance Austin’s Cultural Tourism Industry to the potential exclusion of other allowable uses under the Tax code; and requires the City to obtain voter approval and public oversight for convention-center improvement and expansion costing more than $20,000,000? — For — Against
