When to vote
April 25: First day of early voting
April 26: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked)
May 3: Last day of early voting
May 7: Election day
May 7: Last day to receive ballot by mail (or May 9 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election)
Where to vote
10710 Telge Road, Houston, will be the early voting site for the emergency services district election, and Cy-Fair Fire Department stations 1, 7, 9, 10 and 11 will be polling locations on election day. Jersey Village residents can vote at City Hall. Visit www.harrisvotes.com for more information.
Sample ballot
*Denotes incumbents
Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9, Commissioner
The three candidates with the highest number of votes will serve four-year terms as commissioner.
Naressa MacKinnon
Scott DeBoer*
William David McDugle*
Kevin W. Stertzel
Robert O. Paiva
John Peart
Tommy Balez*
Jersey Village City Council, Place 4
Of the three council seats up for election, only one is a contested race.
James Singleton*
Jim Fields
State propositions
Senate Joint Resolution 2—Second special session of 87th Texas Legislature
Proposition 1
Ballot text: The constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.
What does it mean?
Although property taxes are already frozen for the disabled and those over age 65, this would allow for additional property tax relief from school districts. If approved, the Legislature could provide property tax cuts even to elderly and disabled homeowners with frozen taxes.
Senate Joint Resolution 2—Third special session of 87th Texas Legislature
Proposition 2
Ballot text: The constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes from $25,000 to $40,000.
What does it mean?
Texas homeowners are offered a $25,000 homestead exemption on property taxes from school districts, so the first $25,000 of a home’s appraised value does not count against a homeowner’s annual property taxes. If approved, that exemption would be raised to $40,000.
