Election
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
Voter Guide
2024
Dates to know
Where to vote
Oct. 21: First day of early voting Oct. 25: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Nov. 1: Last day of early voting Nov. 5: Election Day and the last day to receive ballot by mail (or Nov. 6 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election on Election Day)
Bexar County residents can cast their ballots at any polling location during early voting; however, Election Day locations are by precinct. Visit www.bexar.org/1568/Elections- Department for polling locations. Bexar County has not released its sample ballot as of press day. Ballot order is subject to change.
Election
KEY: D Democrat G Green L Libertarian R Republican *Incumbent
San Antonio City Charter election** Proposition A
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — presiding judge R David J. Schenck D Holly Taylor Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Place 7 D Nancy Mulder R Gina Parker Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Place 8 D Chika Anyiam R Lee Finley State Senator, District 25 D Merrie Fox R Donna Campbell* State Representative, District 118 D Kristian Carranza R John Lujan III* State Representative, District 121 D Laurel Jordan Swift R Marc LaHood State Representative, District 122 D Kevin Geary R Mark Dorazio*
Sample ballot
Federal elections President D Kamala Harris L Chase Oliver G Jill Stein R Donald Trump U.S. Senate D Colin Allred
Ballot language: Shall Article XIII, entitled Ethics Review Board, of the City Charter be amended to add a definition of “conflicts of interest”; require sufficient funding to the Ethics Review Board so it may perform all its assigned duties; and authorize the Ethics Review Board to accept or decline complaints that have been resolved by an entity other than the Ethics Review Board? Proposition B*** Ballot language: Shall sections ... of the City Charter be amended to revise or eliminate provisions which have been superseded by state law; and to update archaic language to current usage? Proposition C Ballot language: Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to grant to City Council the authority to set the full terms of the City Manager’s employment including tenure and compensation? Proposition D Ballot language: Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to allow City employees to participate in local political activity consistent with State and Federal law while protecting employees against political retribution and maintaining a general prohibition on participation in local political activity for the City Leadership Team? Proposition E Ballot language: Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to set the compensation for City Council members and the Mayor at $70,200 and $87,800 annually with annual future adjustments to correlate to the HUD Income Limits for San Antonio? Proposition F Ballot language: Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to extend the terms of all elected members of City Council, including the Mayor, from two (2) years to four (4) years and changing the term limits from four (4) full terms to two (2) full terms while keeping the terms concurrent?
L Ted Brown R Ted Cruz* U.S. House of Representatives, District 21 D Kristin Hook
L Bob King R Chip Roy*
State elections Texas Railroad Commissioner
R Christi Craddick* D Katherine Culbert L Hawk Dunlap G Eddie Espinoza Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 2 R Jimmy Blacklock* D DaSean Jones Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 4 R John Devine* D Christine Vinh Weems Texas Supreme Court Justice — Place 6 R Jane Bland* D Bonnie Lee Goldstein L J. David Roberson
Local elections Bexar County Sheriff D Javier Salazar* R Nathan Buchanan Bexar County Commissioner Precinct 3
D Susan Korbel R Grant Moody*
**TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE BALLOT MEASURES, SEE PAGES 12-13. ***FOR FULL BALLOT LANGUAGE, VISIT COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM
SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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