Early Voting Starts Monday(10/21) and runs through Friday(11/1) with Election Day Tuesday, November 5th.

From the Travis County Sample Ballot:
https://votetravis.gov/wp-content/uploads/G24-Bedsheet-Ballot-1.pdf

Austin Mayor:
Carmen D. Llanes Pulido
Jeffery L. Bowen
Doug Greco
Kirk Watson
Kathie Tovo

City Council District 2:
Vanessa Fuentes
Robert Reynolds

City Council District 4:
Louis Herrin
Monica Guzmn
Eduardo "Lalito" Romero
Jos "Chito" Vela
Jim Rabuck

City Council District 6:
Krista Laine
Mackenzie Kelly

City Council District 7:
Gary L. Bledsoe
Pierre Huy Nguyen
Todd Shaw
Edwin Bautista
Mike Siegel
Adam Powell

City Council District 10:
Marc Duchen
Ashika Ganguly

AISD District 2:
LaRessa Quintana
Sarah Ivory

AISD At-Large Position 8:
Lindsey Stringer
Nathaniel Hellman
Dylan "Sky" MacAdams
Nick Franke
Fernando Lucas de Urioste
Amy Moore

ACC Place 7:
Sherri Lynn Taylor
Cole Wilson

ACC Place 9:
Joe Sefton
Julie Ann Nitsch


Feel free to post other local races.

Who do you recommend?

The Mayor race will likely come down to Watson and Tovo and Tovo voted to Defund the Police 34%.

Mackenzie Kelly (District 6) is currently the only conservative on the City Council and deserves re-election.

Pierre Nguyen (District 7) at least sent a representative to talk to the TC GOP, but that may come down to a Bledsoe/Siegel runoff and Siegel is the self-proclaimed red-diaper baby (marxist parents).

I have a friend helping with Marc Duchen (District 10), so he's likely the better choice.

Lindsey Stringer (AISD Pos.8) was endorsed by the TC GOP.

The ultra liberal Austin Chronicle endorsed Fuentes(2), Vela(4), Laine(6), Siegel(7), and Ganguly(10), Also ACC: Wilson(7),Nitsch(9) AISD: Ivory(2), Urioste(8) so you know who to avoid.
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-10-18/endorsements-for-the-november-2024-general-election/

Thoughts?

District 7 is full of options, unfortunately none of them appear to have any sort of fiscal conservatism in their plans.

From the super political neighbor lady....

The person opposing Duchen is getting over 60% of their funding from out of district real estate interests.

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Early Voting Starts Monday(10/21) and runs through 10/30 with Election Day Tuesday, November 5th.


Who do you recommend?

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Doesn't matter. It's Austin. The radical leftist kooks will win.

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so many Dems running unopposed.

Furlock Bones said:

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Martin Cash said:

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Early Voting Starts Monday(10/21) and runs through 10/30 with Election Day Tuesday, November 5th.


Who do you recommend?

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Doesn't matter. It's Austin. The radical leftist kooks will win.

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so many Dems running unopposed.

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It's a waste of money to run as an R in Travis County. The brainless residents there will vote for a (dead) man before they even consider voting for an R.

I think one thing we can all agree on, regardless of party affiliation, is that it's nice to see Leslie Pool (District 7) off the ballot.

But is there a better option amongst the 6 candidates? They all sound pretty similar to each other and to Pool.

Be sure to click the "Wait Times" tab to find the shorter wait times for early voting.
https://votetravis.gov/current-election-information/current-election/#polling-locations

The 5 year Police Contract actually passed 10-1.

Zo Qadri was the only No vote.

City of Austin officially signs new police contract | Here's what's in the agreement

The Travis County Clerk is stacking polling places with Democrats and excluding Republicans.
https://traviscountygop.org/news/travis-gop-chair-severe-deficiency-in-gop-staffing-of-polling-locations

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AUSTIN Travis County Republican Party (TCRP) chair Matt Mackowiak today announced that TCRP has filed an emergency petition against the Travis County Elections Division to address severe deficiencies in the bipartisan staffing of polling locations.

TCRP chair Mackowiak filed a formal complaint with the Office of the Attorney General and the Secretary of State last week.

"It is totally unacceptable that large portions of our county have no Republican election judges assigned, despite our providing far more than the number of available workers needed," said Mackowiak. "As long as I am TCRP chair, we will hold local government accountable when they violate our rights and risk election integrity. This is an egregious example, and we look forward to our day in court."

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Currently ten (24%) of Early Voting polling locations have zero Republican alternate judges and an additional 50% have zero Republican poll workers either for the morning or evening shifts. Election Day fairs worse with 72 (41%) of polling locations having zero Republican poll workers assigned.

Even though Travis County was provided with a required list of over 900 potential Republican election workers they have only hired a small fraction of Republican poll workers.

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https://pollworkertraining.sos.texas.gov/