To see wait times at these locations, go here. 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. Deadline to turn in your completed ballot: December 13, postmarked; December 14, received 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.". 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. (She's even a Chronicle "Best of Austin" winner!) Candidate Scrubs Suspected Coup Planner From His Timeline. Austin ISD Prop A, B, C: FOR. That will put her in the best place to find solutions to Austin's decadelong housing crisis. State Constitutional Amendments Proposition 1: FOR Proposition 2: AGAINST We have often urged readers to vote against all constitutional. * 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. City of Austin Prop A: FOR, Trustee District 1: Candace Hunter The Chronicle team slashed the normal slate of categories from the usual 50 to a trim 20. 2: Michelle Gutierrez Cohen Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). How is our attorney general being a dick this time? 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. Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). Someone Should Do Something. For ongoing coverage, visit austinchronicle.com/elections, where you can also find a streamlined, unannotated version of our endorsements. Go here to verify your registration. AUSTIN, Texas. Just scroll down and enter your name and birthday. 2021 New Mexico. We might end up endorsing GOP incumbent Glenn Hegar in November, since he's the only competent statewide elected official. The Chronicle regrets the error; more in the Oct. 28 edition of Austin at Large.. Candidates to participate in election forum at Kalahari Resorts, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. SD21: Judith Zaffirini PublishedOctober 19, 2022 at 2:15 PM CDT, If you found this reporting valuable, pleaseconsider. Sharon Navarro, a professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said the messages Republicans are using to target Latino voters about immigration and the economy seem to be working. 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. Ag Commissioner: Susan Hays Five seats on the Austin ISD school board are up for election. Email her at mcharpentier@kut.org. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. Day one of early voting in Travis County was quite impressive. Just because it is 2019, doesn't mean we can't still get into the swing of things in the election. Can't keep up with happenings around town? 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It's currently held by Council Member Ann Kitchen. We're talking to dozens of Hispanic voters before the November midterms about the top issues on their mind including what they want from candidates and their state government. Three of the four candidates participated in a live forum hosted by KUT and the Austin Monitor. HD51: Lulu Flores But there are many more! HD47: Vikki Goodwin Voters must have a certified doctor's note confirming the illness. 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. Support the Chronicle, One click gets you all the newsletters listed below, Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events. When we met with the candidates back in October, we invited her and Kirk Watson (and Jennifer Virden, who did not respond) in and had time to get answers from each to most of the questions that were going to steer our endorsement. The most important reason to vote, however, is the protection of the Constitution of the United States. 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 eight propositions (A-H) will be voted on by the residents of Austin during the May 1st 2021 special election that the Austin city council approved during the Feb. 9th council meeting. 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. First, make sure youre registered. 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. 3rd Court of Appeals, P4: Rosa Lopez Theofanis, Senate District 5: No Endorsement Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). Hays can hopefully fix the mess Miller and the Lege have made of cannabis regulation while also picking up where the last Democrat to hold the office, Jim Hightower, left off to make the still-vital Texas ag industries more sustainable and equitable. Ben Leffler's campaign outshines the packed field of D9 candidates, including Guerrero, who is the anointed successor to Kathie Tovo, stepping down after a decade on Council. We'd love to hear from you too! 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. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. Guerrero may be the better all-around option of these two. Attorney General: Rochelle Garza District 3: Jos Velsquez. 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. Voters can go to any polling place in the county. As we told readers then, it was not to shame him but to goad him to do better as the leader and defender of a big and diverse community, not a superhero who all by himself would build a political house big enough to hold the new Austin. We trust their judgment regarding Eldridge, who deserves to serve despite attempts in two cycles now to use one of the minor contretemps that gets blown into scandal in this town to take her out. 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. Austins next mayor will serve two years, not the usual four, As midterm elections near, Republicans try to make gains with Latinos in Texas Rio Grande Valley, Former Texas state Sen. Kirk Watson running for Austin mayor, government document showing your name and an address, such as your voter registration certificate. District 6: Andrew Gonzalez Usually, Travis County voters are pretty good about taking seriously their responsibility to elect good judges at all levels. These are the candidates. State Board of Education, District 5: Rebecca Bell-Metereau, 3rd Court of Appeals, P4: Rosa Lopez Theofanis, Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2: Randall Slagle, Hays Commissioner Pct. This is an interesting one. Candidates addressed priority issues such as transportation, housing and policing during a forum hosted by KUT and the Austin Monitor. The latest proposed legislation on higher education in Florida is causing outrage among local students. January 2022 Election Calendar / Enero 2022 Calendario Electoral News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals Subscribe Laurie hosts the afternoon music show on KUTX from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and is the producer and voice of the Austin Music Minute, which shines the spotlight on live music shows around town six days a week. Having taught in AISD until last year, Chu has the most recent experience in its classrooms and deep convictions about the working conditions teachers deserve. That seat may be up for election in November. Early voting begins Oct. 24 and. When is the 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. We offer detailed reasons behind our Editorial Board endorsements in the general election in this annotated version; this version is for. 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. Support the free press, so we can support Austin. May 2021 City of Austin propositions voter guide There will be eight propositions on the May 1 City of Austin ballot. The Editorial Board recommends Jenny Lam, Kevine Boggess, Michelle Parker and Alida Fisher Our editorial CCSF Board of Trustees Four of the seven. For his trouble, he attracted a risible vanity challenge from Bush-era talking head Matthew Dowd, then a less risible but still issue-free challenge from Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair Carla Brailey and state Rep. Michelle Beckley either of whom would be credible alternatives if they'd begun running eight years ago rather than eight weeks. The Chronicle welcomes opinion pieces on any topic from the community. The Austin Chronicle only endorses in contested races. Please contact Elections@austintexas.gov with any election related questions. It's a job that requires an enormous amount of political savvy at the moment, and Limon-Mercado, former chair of the county Democratic Party and the head of Planned Parenthood's Texas political arm, has plenty of that as well as demonstrated competence as an administrator. 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). Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. No, we do not. Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). A Special Session on Guns? So, did y'all see that NBC is now turning old Dateline stories into scripted black comedies starring people like Rene Zellweger? Your phone should be on silent or turned off and put away. All three choices are good for voters in the contest for the nomination to, in all likelihood, flip the last GOP-held seat on the 3rd Court. 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. The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election was a successful special recall election to remove San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office.