Early voting begins for the March 3 election. Voting locations and times can be found below. Note that two of the early voting locations will now be at the POD’s (Point of Distribution) Buildings in Precinct 2 and 3.
There are no local Democratic races but there are statewide races. For the Republicans there are several locally contested races. County Commissioner Pct. 2 Chris Sowell is being challenged by Colleen Owens. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Joy Dubose-Simonton has two opponents, Jesse Thibodeaux and Jeremiah Braneff. And Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Rodney Price is being challenged by Walter Lowe. Also OC Republican Party Chair Cheryl Warren is being run by Patrick Rainey.
There are also 10 propositions on the Republican ballot
Proposition 1: Texas property taxes should be assessed at the purchase price and phased out entirely over the next six years through spending reductions.
Proposition 2: Texas should require any local government budget that raises property taxes to be approved by voters at a November general election.
Proposition 3: Texas should prohibit denial of healthcare or any medical service based solely on the patient’s vaccination status.
Proposition 4: Texas should require its public schools to teach that life begins at fertilization.
Proposition 5: Texas should ban gender, sexuality, and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools.
Proposition 6: Texas should enact term limits on all elected officials.
Proposition 7: Texas should ban the large-scale export, or sale, of our groundwater and surface water to any single private or public entity.
Proposition 8: The Texas Legislature should reduce the burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers by ending public services for illegal immigrants.
Proposition 9: The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature should stop awarding leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships and vice chairmanships, to Democrats.
Proposition 10: Texas should prohibit Sharia Law.
While these votes won’t immediately change state law, the results will be used to shape the official Texas Republican platform at the party’s June convention.
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On the Democratic ballot there are 13 propositions:
Proposition 1: Texas should expand Medicaid and ensure access to affordable healthcare for all.
Proposition 2: Texans should support humane and dignified immigration policies and pathways to citizenship.
Proposition 3: Texans should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions, including reproductive rights.
Proposition 4: Texas should address the state’s housing crisis in affordability and access in both urban and rural communities.
Proposition 5: Texas should fund all public schools at the same per-pupil rate as the national average.
Proposition 6: Secure online voter registration should be accessible to all eligible Texas residents.
Proposition 7: Texas should have a clean and healthy environment that includes water, air and biodiversity. Texas must preserve the state’s natural, cultural, scenic and recreational resources.
Proposition 8: Texas should legalize cannabis for adults and automatically expunge criminal records for past low-level cannabis offenses.
Proposition 9: Texas should raise salaries to at least the national average and provide a cost-of-living increase based on the national Consumer Price Index every two years to current or retired school and state employees.
Proposition 10: Texas should ban racially motivated redistricting, ban mid-decade redistricting and create a non-partisan redistricting board to redraw lines every 10 years.
Proposition 11: The working class should be eligible for greater federal income tax relief and have their tax burden fairly shifted onto the wealthiest.
Proposition 12: Texas should expand accessible public transportation opportunities in rural and urban communities so residents can get to their workplaces, schools and healthcare.
Proposition 13: Texas should prevent individuals with a history of domestic abuse from purchasing firearms by implementing “red flag” laws.
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