Read on to see what items will be featured on the ballot alongside candidate Q&As, information on propositions and polling locations.
Sample ballot
The following are some of the top races to keep in mind going into Election Day. For a full list of ballot items, visit our voter guide.
City of AustinTravis County
District Attorney, 53rd Judicial District
- Daniel W. Betts (R)
- José Garza* (D)
“Approving the ad valorem tax rate of $0.344445 per $100 valuation in County of Travis for the current year, a rate that is $0.025 higher per $100 valuation than the voter-approval tax rate of County of Travis, for the purpose of increasing access to affordable and high-quality child care and afterschool/summer programming and related services for low-income families and developing and administering related workforce and economic development programs. Last year, the ad valorem tax rate in County of Travis was $0.304655 per $100 valuation.”
Read more about the proposition here.
School districts
Austin ISD
- Board of trustees, At-Large Position 8
- Proposition A: Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $0.9505 per $100 valuation in the Austin Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 8.3 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $184,628,049. Read more here.
- Board of trustees, Place 1
- Board of trustees, Place 2
- Board of trustees, Place 7
- Proposition A: The issuance of $798,305,000 of bonds for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion and equipment of school buildings (including projects that address facility deficiencies, growth, and safety and security), the purchase of necessary sites for school buildings, the purchase of new school buses and vehicles for emergency, safety or security purposes and the retrofitting of school buses with emergency, safety, or security equipment, and the levy and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a property tax increase.For more information on the propositions, click here.
- Proposition B: The issuance of $125,300,000 of bonds for the acquisition, improvement and upgrading of technology systems, including related infrastructure and equipment, and the levy and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a property tax increase. For more information on the propositions, click here.
- Proposition C: The issuance of $8,620,000 for the construction, acquisition, and equipment of performing arts facilities, and the levy and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a property tax increase. For more information on the propositions, click here.
- Proposition D: The issuance of $65,910,000 of bonds for the construction, renovation, expansion and equipment of athletic stadium facilities, and the levy and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a property tax increase. For more information on the propositions, click here.
There are several statewide and national elections on the ballot as well aside from the presidential election, such as:
U.S. Senate
- Ted Cruz* (R)
- Colin Allred (D)
- Ted Brown (L)
- Theresa Boisseau (D)
- Michael T. McCaul* (R)
- Jeff Miller (L)
- Chip Roy* (R)
- Kristin Hook (D)
- Bob King (L)
- Jenny Garcia Sharon (R)
- Lloyd Doggett* (D)
- Girish Altekar (L)
- Scott Firsing (R)
- Vikki Goodwin* (D)
- Donna Howard* (D)
- Daniel Jerome McCarthy (L)
- John H. Bucy III* (D)
- Amin Salahuddin (R)
Voting locations on Nov. 5 are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Residents can vote at any voting station in the county in which they are registered to vote. More detailed information on polling locations is available here. Locations include:
