Coupled with the long, hard hours he has put in meeting with organizers, business owners, and advocates inside and outside the district, we feel Velsquez is best positioned to navigate the complex challenges facing D3, the vanguard of gentrification in Austin both north and south of the river. Hunter taught in AISD until 2015, is a current AISD parent, and has a fiery frankness that we think needs to be heard on a board that's gone along meekly with misguided plans of recent superintendents. I married a man who has four kids with his ex, they never married ( the initial plan was to get married, but the elder bro. Statesman: Vote AGAINST Prop H. This initiative would provide publicly-funded $25 vouchers for Austin voters to support the mayoral or City Council campaigns of their choice. 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Austin is now working to house 3,000 people over the next three years. In a perfect world they'd also share space on the dais, but we must choose. TX-10: Linda Nuno Sunday, January 30, 2022 Last Day to Register to Vote in Primary Election. Voting locations will be open Monday-Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 6 p.m. Where: Early voting locations include Austin City Hall, the Eanes ISD administration building. 2021 New Mexico. Yet she offered nuanced and pragmatic approaches to the problems the district faces now without wavering on her values: "I'm not big on compromise for this one reason: That's how we got here, [and] we haven't even moved the needle for these children.". You can vote by mail if you: will be away from your county on Election Day and during the hours that early voting is conducted; are sick or have a disability; are 65 years of age or older on. Proposition A The $199.28 million package focuses on renovations and capital maintenance, including building a new elementary school, the expansion of Sycamore Springs Middle school, and land purchases for future school facilities. We get it, justice reform means decarceration and restorative justice for everybody. "I haven't used these in years," she exclaimed, rotating the squeaking take care of of the 1998 Ford Ranger and chuckling because the window scudded open. We can help. Railroad Commissioner: Luke Warford Support the free press, so we can support Austin. Proposition C $6.5 million to allow the district to replace technology devices for students, staff members and classrooms, including Chromebooks, Dell desktops and interactive panels. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands. What's going on in the districts surrounding Austin? Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. The two most challenging races for us to deliberate this cycle were probably the two commissioner contests. Supreme Court, P5: Amanda Reichek Current board president. The Chronicle welcomes opinion pieces on any topic from the community. Heres what you need to know to vote in Travis County. Marisa Charpentier is KUT's assistant digital editor. According to The Texas Tribune, the voter must designate a representative to submit the application and doctor's note in person to the countys early voting clerk before 5 p.m. on Election Day. In a Feb. 20 post on the Council message board, Watson wrote, "I . Travis County: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/departments/elections or 512/238-VOTE (8683), Williamson County: wilco.org/departments/election or 512/943-1630, Hays County: hayscountytx.com/departments/elections/current-year-election or 512/393-7779. San Marcos Proposition A: FOR, Mayor: Celia Israel But Flores, who was narrowly upset by Rodriguez 20 years ago and has been making her mark as a community and civic leader ever since, rose to the top in our deliberations (which included ranked-choice voting among the Ed Board). The presiding election judge will decide if the priority is granted. You'll need to show ID if you go in person. The Houston Chronicle politics team's interactive guide to the candidates and key state and local races that Texas voters will decide in the March 1 primary election. Jay Kleberg does, and he has that love, and has shown it to Texans as a conservationist and environmentalist for a long time (offsetting the right-wing tilt of his prominent family, owners of the King Ranch), and has the sustainability to put up a credible challenge in November. Austin residents face decisions on eight propositions when they vote in the May 1 election. You may notice that none of these endorsements have changed from our general election endorsements. Voters can apply for an emergency ballot due to sickness or disability, between the last day of early voting on Nov. 4 and 5 p.m. on Election Day. We hope that if elected she reaches for solutions appropriate to the scale of our emergency and acts with the urgency D9 residents need. Right now this is primarily seen as the DWI court, and Espiritu may be the best-regarded DWI defense lawyer in the county. District 8: Paige Ellis. 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Submit yours now at austinchronicle.com/opinion. Alter and Craig, who have much to offer in those areas as well, offer different ways of moving forward from where she leaves off. Three at-large seats on the Austin Community College Board of Trustees are up for election: Proposition A The $770 million bond would provide funding for new construction, campus upgrades and student support services, such as child care and student health services. We blew this call four years ago, thinking Ellis couldn't possibly go the distance against the seasoned Southwest activists in the race. Velsquez will bring to the dais a robust vision for increasing housing supply in a rapidly growing part of the city, while working to protect his lifelong neighbors from displacement. Combined with the 2,471 mail-in ballots received, that makes . But what do Latino voters want? Of the remaining candidates, Jennifer Virden has some credible housing ideas, but is Republican enough that she stands too close to the treason and racist violence and is thus disqualified. All five of the other seats on the board are now up for election, and Weston and Bones allies the Round Rock One Family slate, including former Austin CM Don Zimmerman are truly steeped in evil as they try to QAnon their way into office. The very first thing Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson spotted when she peered into the tiny cab of her place of job's most effective state automobile was once the guide window crank. Singh, on the other hand, has been a highly effective trustee on precisely the "adult political issues" Toolin wants to keep out of the classroom. Click here. (Despite some misleading literature from her campaign, we did not endorse her before.) District 9: Linda Guerrero. District 3: Jos Velsquez. District 8: Paige Ellis If you need help casting your ballot you are permitted to bring someone with you, including a translator. We talk to our reps about their priorities going into the new session, One click gets you all the newsletters listed below, Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events. Jinny Suh, director of Immunize Texas, is also a strong choice. Strategic Planning and Decision-Making for Public and. But people who came to Austin in this century year after year, decade after decade, from everywhere, doubling the metro area look at Israel now and hear her speak, and see and hear their own feelings about Austin today, and about our nation and our identities today, reflected back at them feelings of righteousness and belonging and fear, of urgency and need and gritty commitment, articulated by voices not heard before. OK, y'all are starting to tick us off, defense bar, for continuing to go after Malhotra for being an advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence, the focus of this misdemeanor specialty court. These are the candidates. But there are many more! That seat may be up for election. The League of Women Voters has put together a detailed guide to voting by mail for Central Texas voters here. All information on this webpage is specific to the January 2022 City of Austin Special Election and the Campaign Finance Filing Requirements. The Austin Chronicle's Austin Music Awards honor the local music community by recognizing Austin artists and industry leaders. Got a tip? 2021 May Election Calendar / Calendario Electoral de Mayo 2021 District 5: Ryan Alter. For ongoing coverage, visit austinchronicle.com/elections, where you can also find a streamlined, unannotated version of our endorsements. Alter, a longtime Lege staffer (including for Kirk Watson), has the most fully developed housing plan (called Housing Now) of any candidate in any Council race; he'll be able to walk into City Hall with a mandate to immediately seek support for big changes. Answers to Your Questions About Voting by Mail in Travis County, Your Local Lawmakers Enter the 88th Lege Arena. The Chronicle regrets the error; more in the Oct. 28 edition of Austin at Large.. Polling places will also be open on election day, June 7, for. Of the four urbanists in the first round, Qadri seemed to us to be the least knowledgeable and engaged with actual land use politics, let alone the broader spectrum of City Hall business. Read The Austin Chronicle's coverage of the campaign trail at our Elections hub. Craig, who has worked in Kitchen's office for five years, would move much more deliberately but would champion and, most likely, bring to fruition the small-area planning that Kitchen's side of the Code Wars has sought for decades opening the door for a mapless code scenario that can fix problems with Austin's regulatory regime in general without provoking protests from angry property owners. Voters may also apply for an emergency ballot due to a death in their immediate family that occurred on or after the fifth day before Election Day and causes them to be absent from their home county that day. To see wait times at these locations, go here. Find that here. An Old Austin survivor who's also lived in D9 her whole life, Guerrero has put in decades of volunteer service in leadership roles on city boards and commissions and with a broad array of community causes, and would walk into City Hall with all that knowledge and a powerful coalition already behind her. 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Matt Worthington, Cody Arn, and Cynthia Valadez-Mata are also strong choices in this race. One of those people is Celia Israel, who got noticed as she worked in the movements that would eventually make Watson's mayoralty possible. Voters must have a certified doctor's note confirming the illness. Talarico, elected at the same time as Zwiener, has impressed the heck out of everybody as the House's youngest (32) member, including Republicans who the Capitol crew thought would treat him better in redistricting. Some problems look unchanged from our past but are now quite different old ways of "taking on traffic" and "keeping Austin safe" have been exhausted, discarded, discredited. Her opponent Tanisa Jeffers is also right that we could restore CCL5 to its former status as a mental-health-focused court (which doesn't exclude DWIs for those with substance use disorders), but we think Espiritu is better prepared to do that than Jeffers is to reform DWI adjudication. and More Reproductive FAQs, Its Official: Some People (Including Kirk Watson) Will Be on the Ballot, Gov. HD48: Donna Howard * Editors note, Thursday, Oct. 20, 10:31am: A previous version of these endorsements included a list of Round Rock ISD candidates, noting favorable incumbent[s] and horrible right-wing candidate[s].In a race where no party affiliation is listed on the ballot, we intended to simply identify the worst options and the incumbents who have proven sane ona disordered board.In error, we omitted candidates from the list and neglected to note non-incumbent candidates worthy of voters attention. To find voting locations and sample ballots, visitvotetravis.com(Travis County),wilco.org/elections(Williamson County),hayscountytx.com/departments/elections(Hays County) orbastropvotes.org(Bastrop County). Council District 9: Linda Guerrero. Pflugerville ISD has eight props on the ballot. For more information, including polling locations, visit the Travis County Clerk's website. Here on the criminal side of the docket, Livingston's counterpart and fellow courthouse titan Brenda Kennedy is also retiring, and we think Mueller the innovative Court at Law No. Theofanis impressed us particularly with not only her command of, but her love for, the quirky world of appellate law, the things that make serving on this intermediate bench such an important role as a bulwark for Central Texans and their values against the hostile state government and its compliant high courts. The two frontrunners have made history as current Mayor Lori Lightfoot - who is the first Black woman and openly gay mayor - conceded the race shortly. Legitimate poll watcher or voting intimidation wheres the line? Information will continually be updated as we approach the January 2022 Election. Travis Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2: Randall Slagle, Williamson County Judge: Blane Conklin The field is set in Austin's mayor's race and in five additional City Council races with seven candidates now officially competing to succeed Mayor Steve Adler. We normally just say, "Vote for the Democrats," when, as has been the case for the last 25 years, there has not been a Republican worth voting for, or a Dem who needed voting against. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands. LOVE, POVERTY, WAR AND Also by Christopher Hitchens BLOOD, CLASS AND EMPIRE: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship A LONG SHORT WAR: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq WHY ORWELL MATTERS LEFT HOOKS, RIGHT CROSSES: A Decade of Political Writing (edited with Christopher Caldwell) LETTERS TO A YOUNG CONTRARIAN THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER BLAMING THE VICTIMS: Spurious Scholarship and the . Submit yours now at austinchronicle.com/opinion. A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. It was held on June 7, 2022, concurrent with the 2022 statewide primary elections. Candidate Scrubs Suspected Coup Planner From His Timeline. This is where some of you may have wanted us to make a change, but weve now met twice with Zohaib Qadri and still arent convinced. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. But thats not because we didnt reconsider them. Austin Community College has a $770 million bond on the ballot this election. 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Celia Israel on being herself on the mayoral trail, Duo leads in funds, reputations, and housing plans, Filling Kathie Tovo's shoes (with houses? Mar 2, 2023. Go check yourselves and let Malhotra use her actual expertise on this bench. Curbside voting is available for people with disabilities including hearing, vision and mobility impairments. Please contact Elections@austintexas.gov with any election related questions. Got something to say? Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. Here is his Q&A with Jacob Bartelson. Ag Commissioner: Susan Hays Two proposed amendments one regarding religious . The most important reason to vote, however, is the protection of the Constitution of the United States. Council District 1: Natasha Harper-Madison Velsquez and Daniela Silva clearly not only agree with each other but like each other, so does it matter which one wins? SD24: Kathy Jones-Hospod Branscum and Zapata have made the best impression on us as the Democratic choice for this likely doomed contest against incumbent Rep. Chip Roy, R-Dripping Springs, in November. If they, as we suspect, end up in a run-off (civil rights super-lawyer Lee Merritt is the third possibility here) while Paxton also ends up in a run-off, we'll have a new frame of reference to revisit this race. Our land use policy and practice is still weak, obsolete, and broken, not just creating suboptimal outcomes as in the Nineties but imposing immediate and grievous costs on people who literally cannot find a place to live. Attorney General: Rochelle Garza We can help. Please contact Elections@austintexas.gov for any election related questions. It does matter that a queer Gen X Latina who also holds elected office is a tougher opponent than Kirk Watson has really faced before, and can ask questions he doesn't know how to answer. Austin ISD has a big bond on the ballot. Heres how it would impact schools if voters approve it. Do we really understand why anyone is running against Lloyd in this late-career race to finally represent his lifelong neighbors in Austin? The incumbent has provoked some folks with her ideas and exasperated some others with her approach to governing, but she has also risen to the occasion and shouldered the several burdens that City Hall and Austin at large felt a need to place upon the one Black Council member, and the most prominent Black woman in local politics, over a term made chaotic by pandemics and police racism and violence. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. We'd love to hear from you too! This seven-candidate field (we talked to six) to succeed retiring Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, now running for Congress, is amazingly qualified, and we thought this would be for sure a double or even triple endorsement. Embattled Texas AG Paxton's fundraising was drying up. Support the Chronicle, Pro-policing GOP-aligned campaigners crash into citys fiscal reality on Election Day, Spoiler alert: Good has triumphed over evil, With early voting underway, campaigns for, against Proposition A heat up, November 2021 Statewide General Election and City of Austin Special Election, A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides, City seeks voters OK of Lakeshore Blvd. Information will continually be updated as we approach the 2021 Election. A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austins independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the communitys political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. . * Editors note, Friday, Oct. 28, 6:25pm: An updated list of recommended candidates to elect in Round Rock ISD has now been added. Information is power. All information on this webpage is specific to the 2021 City of Austin Special Election and the Campaign Finance Filing Requirements. The Chronicle Editorial Board makes these recommendations. Early voting begins Oct. 24 and. Five seats on the Austin ISD school board are up for election. At-Large Place 9: Arati Singh. Here you go.). Abbott Says Hell Yes to Probably Violating More Peoples Civil Rights, This Week in Ken Paxtons Brain: Sodomy, Austin at Large: Housing and the Mayors Race. The Editorial Board recommends Jenny Lam, Kevine Boggess, Michelle Parker and Alida Fisher Our editorial CCSF Board of Trustees Four of the seven. The bond would also help the college expand training capacity for jobs in health care and advanced manufacturing and would fund new sites in southeastern and southwestern Travis County. PublishedOctober 19, 2022 at 2:15 PM CDT, If you found this reporting valuable, pleaseconsider. Greg Abbott vs. Democrat Beto O'Rourke. Support the Chronicle, What you need to stay home and vote in Texas, One click gets you all the newsletters listed below, Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events. Wilco Commissioner Pct. SD14: Sarah Eckhardt Lockhart ISD schools are bursting at the seams. Then, hit Look Me Up and on the right, hit View My Ballot. You can mark it up and take it with you to the polls. - Staff Reporter, Atlanta Business Chronicle. Place 6: Tiffanie Harrison. Legal documents to use in absence of an ID, Any other device that can record sound or capture images.

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