Pflugerville - Hutto Edition | October 2022

COMPILED BY AMY DENNEY & CARSON GANONG

Weiss to run against write-in candidate for Pugerville City Council

BY CARSON GANONG

candidate, meaning Kosich is the only candidate for whom a write-in vote will be valid. Pugerville City Council members serve three- year terms and are limited to three consecutive terms in oce. Mayor Victor Gonzales’ term is also set to expire this November, but he was the only candidate to le for the mayoral election, so the race is uncontested. The seats that are up for re-election during the November 2023 election include Place 2 Council Member Ceasar Ruiz, Place 4 Council Member Rudy Metayer and Place 6 Council Member David Rogers. Weiss was originally elected to Pugerville City Council in November 2016 and was re-elected in 2019. He previously served on the Pugerville Community Development Corp. board. Kosich is a continuing education provider and massage instructor, according to her application for candidacy.

The procedure for write-in candidates in municipal elections in Texas has several guidelines, according to the Texas Election Code: HOW WRITEIN CANDIDACY WORKS

Mayor Pro Tem Doug Weiss will be the only candidate whose name appears on the ballot for the Nov. 8 Pugerville City Council election, but the race is still contested as one other candidate led as a write-in. The deadline to le for a place on the ballot was Aug. 22, but per state law, prospective candidates had an additional ve days following that deadline to le as a write-in candidate. In the election for Pugerville City Council Place 1, Weiss was the only candidate to le for a place on the ballot. However, Nicole Kosich also led as a write-in candidate. Should Kosich defeat Weiss, her term will not dier from that of a non-write-in candidate, according to the Texas Election Code. Write-in votes in local elections only count for candidates who specically le as a write-in

In an election for city ocers, a write-in vote will only be counted if the name written-in appears on the list of write-in candidates. A candidate must declare write-in candidacy with a given election authority, such as the city of Pugerville. A write-in candidate must le to run no later than the fth day after the deadline to le for regular candidacy. A voter opting for the write-in candidate must write the name on the ballot for the vote to count.

SOURCE: TEXAS ELECTION CODECOMMUNITY IMPACT

VOTER TURNOUT

Turnout

Registered voters

Williamson County

Travis County November 2012

November 2012

165,106

254,688

391,708

635,300

November 2014

104,464

272,649

270,005

652,463

November 2016

205,862

306,811

477,588

732,037

November 2018

209,257

336,148

486,616

787,670

November 2020

291,251

385,065

612,696

862,163

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