Austin Election 2021 Results: All Votes Are In

Austin TX

02 November, 2021

8:01 PM

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Editor's note: This story was updated at 11 p.m. Tuesday. AUSTIN, TX — Austin residents made their way to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballot in this year's Nov. 2 election. About 81,925 Travis County residents voted on Election Day, which resulted in a 21.57 percent turnout for the county, according to the Travis County Clerk's office. Austinites who flocked to the polls overwhelmingly shut down Prop A with more than 102,000 voting no on the proposition, which would have required the city of Austin to hire at least two police officers for every 1,000 residents. RELATED COVERAGE: Austin Votes Against More Police In Prop A: Election Results As live results come in, Patch will continue to update this story. Refresh this page for the latest. Live in Austin? Click here to subscribe to our free breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox and mobile devices. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and download our free mobile app on Android or iPhone. Nov. 2 Election Results The latest unofficial results as of 11 p.m. All the votes are in, according to the Travis County Clerk's Office on Tuesday. City of Austin Propositions Proposition A: Shall a petitioned ordinance be approved to enhance public safety and police oversight, transparency and accountability by adding new chapter 2-16 to establish minimum standards for the police department to ensure effective public safety and protect residents and visitors to Austin, and prescribing minimal requirements for achieving the same, at an estimated cost of $271.5 million - $598.8 million over five years? For — 31.12%Against — 68.88% Proposition B: Shall the City Council be authorized to convey or lease approximately 9 acres of parkland currently used as the Central Maintenance Complex (CMC) located at 2525 S. Lakeshore Blvd. through a public bidding process, where the total value of the bid is equal to or greater than the appraised fair market value of CMC, in exchange for at a minimum: 1) at least 48 acres of waterfront land contiguous to an existing City park; and 2) the cost or construction of a new maintenance facility for the Parks and Recreation Department on other city-owned land; and 3) partial or full funding for the removal of Fiesta Gardens' existing maintenance facility and restoration of that land to parkland? For — 73.70%Against — 26.30% Travis County ESD No. 17 The Annexation election for unincorporated area. Proposition A: Adding the unincorporated areas situated within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 that are not included within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17 to the Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17. For — 37.54%Against — 62.46% Proposition B: The unincorporated areas situated within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 which are not included within the boundaries of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17 assuming its proportionate share of the outstanding debts and taxes of the Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17, if it is added to the district. For — 34.27%Against — 65.73% RELATED COVERAGE: Pflugerville Votes Against Travis County ESD 17 Propositions Texas Amendment Propositions Proposition 1: The constitutional amendment authorizing the professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women's Professional Rodeo Association to conduct charitable raffles at rodeo. For — 86.29%Against — 13.71% Proposition 2: The constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county. For — 76.46%Against —23.54% Proposition 3: The constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations. For — 34.50%Against —65.50% Proposition 4: The constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, a justice of a court of appeals, and a district judge. For — 43.33%Against — 56.67% Proposition 5: The constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office. For — 45.32%Against — 54.68% Proposition 6: The constitutional amendment establishing a right for residents of certain facilities to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation. For — 87.38%Against — 12.62% Proposition 7: The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death. For — 72.52%Against — 27.48% Proposition 8: The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. For — 71.95%Against — 28.05% Check out the complete Texas Elections 2021: Amendment Proposition Live Results. 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