2022
L O C A L V O T E R G U I D E GUIDE Candidates and information for local elections
COMPILED BY MATT STEPHENS & HANNAH ZEDAKER
D A T E S T O K N O W April 25 First day of early voting
W H E R E T O V O T E
May 7 Election day May 7 Last day to receive ballot by mail (or May 9 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election)
For information on where to vote in city of Humble and Humble ISD elections, visit www.harrisvotes.com. For information on where to vote in Harris County Emergency Services District No. 11 elections, visit www.esd11.com.
April 26 Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) May 3 Last day of early voting
SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE, HARRIS COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE, HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 11COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
S A M P L E B A L L O T
*Incumbent
Proposition F Shall Article 1, Section 5 and Article II, Section 13 of the city of Humble charter be amended to increase the notice period for personal injury or damage to property lawsuits against the city and authorize City Council to give notice by posting at City Hall and on the city’s internet website? Proposition G Shall Article VIII, Section 5 of the city of Humble charter be amended to prohibit city ocers or employees from participating in a vote or decision in which the individual has a substantial interest as provided by state law? Proposition H Shall Article I, Sections 2, 4, 8, 9 and 10; Article V, Section 1; and Article VIII, Sections 11 and 14 of the city of Humble Charter be deleted or amended to eliminate outdated and unnecessary provisions? Proposition I Shall Articles I, II, V, VII, and VIII of the city of Humble charter be amended to correct misspellings and make other nonsubstantive changes to update language to current usage?
Proposition B Shall Article II, Sections 7 and 9 of the city of Humble charter be amended to authorize City Council to set compensation of elected and appointed ocers and to adopt and carry out plans for the improvement of neighborhoods as permitted by state law? Proposition C Shall Article VIII Sections 7 and 14 of the city of Humble charter be amended to authorize City Council to rearrange and renumber provisions in the charter by ordinance and require the periodic review of the charter by a charter commission? Proposition D Shall Article II, Section 14; Article III, Section 4; and Article V, Sections 2 and 3 of the city of Humble charter be amended to permit the audit report, budget hearings and notices, and city contracts to be adopted and made as required by state law and City Council policies? Proposition E Shall Articles II, V, and VII of the city of Humble charter be amended to make the charter consistent with state and federal law regarding the conduct of elections and qualications for City Council?
HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 11 Commissioner
HUMBLE ISD BOND Proposition A
The issuance of $730 million school building bonds for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district; the purchase of the necessary sites for school buildings; the purchase of new school buses; the retrotting of school buses with emergency safety and security equipment; and the purchase or retrotting of vehicles to be used for emergency, safety or security purposes; and levying and imposition of taxes sucient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements. Proposition B The issuance of $45 million school building bonds for the design, construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and upgrading of technology equipment and systems, technology infrastructure and instructional technology; and levying and imposition of taxes sucient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements.
Joel Ocasio Kevin Brost* Christopher David Dorothy Dalton Zach Dunlap HUMBLE CITY COUNCIL Place 3 Bruce Davidson* Place 4 Paula Settle* Place 5 Linda Greenan David Pierce* HUMBLE SPECIAL CHARTER ELECTION Proposition A
Shall Articles I, II, III, V, and VIII of the city of Humble charter be amended to clarify and dene the powers and duties of the city manager and the city manager’s relationship to City Council, the mayor and city attorney?
NOTE: THE TWO CANDIDATES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES WILL SERVE FOUR©YEAR TERMS AS COMMISSIONER ON THE HARRIS COUNTY ESD NO. 11 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
S T A T E W I D E P R O P O S I T I O N S
Senate Joint Resolution 2 Second special session of 87th Texas Legislature
Senate Joint Resolution 2 Third special session of 87th Texas Legislature
PROPOSITION 1
PROPOSITION 2
Ballot text
What does it mean?
Ballot text
What does it mean?
The constitutional amendment authorizing the Leg- islature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementa- ry and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes im- posed for those purposes on the homestead.
The constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes from $25,000 to $40,000.
Although property taxes are already frozen for the disabled and those over the age of 65, this proposition would allow for additional property tax relief from school districts for the disabled and elderly. If approved, it would allow the Legislature to provide property tax cuts even to those elderly and disabled homeowners with frozen taxes.
Every homeowner in Texas is already oered a $25,000 homestead exemption on property taxes from public school districts—meaning the rst $25,000 of a home’s appraised property value does not count against a homeowner’s annual property taxes. If approved, that exemption for home- owners would be raised to $40,000.
SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE WEBSITE; JOSHUA BLANK, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; DALE CRAYMER, TEXAS TAXPAYERS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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