Saturday, October 29, 2016

Nonpartisan Elections of 2016

Don't forget the bottom of the ballot!

If you vote straight-party Republican on your ballot, most of you will still have some nonpartisan issues at the bottom of your ballot that must still be addressed.  Here is a list of those issues that will appear on ballots around the county, depending on where you live:

Bastrop ISD
  • Whether to approve a tax rate increase of $0.13 per $100 of property valuation?
  • Whether to additionally approve borrowing $75 million (bond) for projects and raises taxes to pay for it?
Smithville ISD
  • Whether to approve borrowing $35 million (bond) for projects and raise taxes to pay for it?
ACC District (Austin Community College, affecting residents of Elgin ISD)
City of Bastrop Charter Amendments
  1. Whether to change the percentage of signatures required of registered voters for an initative from 20% to 5%?
  2. Whether signatures for an initiative must be gathered within 180 days?
  3. Whether to change the percentage of signatures required of registered voters for a referendum from 20% to 5%?
  4. Whether signatures for a referendum must be gathered within 180 days?
  5. Whether to change the percentage of signatures required of registered voters for a recall from 25% to 10%?
ESD No 1 Annexation Propositions
  1. Whether to annex Mustang Ridge into the territory serviced by ESD No 1?
  2. Whether Mustang Ridge residents will assume a proportionate share of the outstanding debts and obligations of ESD No. 1, if added to the ESD No. 1 territory?
Click here to see a map of the current service territory of ESD No. 1.

How Do I Learn More to Cast Informed Votes on these Elections/Issues?

Click here for study resources.

Albert L. Ellison, Founder
Bastrop County Republican News
bcrnews.blogspot.com

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