Austin, Texas, Proposition D, Disannex Lennar at Malone Measure (May 2024)
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Austin Proposition D was on the ballot as a referral in Austin on May 4, 2024. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the city to disannex 40.48 acres known as Lennar at Malone removing the area from city limits. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the city to disannex 40.48 acres known as Lennar at Malone removing the area from city limits. |
Election results
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| Yes | 2 | 1.79% | ||
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110 | 98.21% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition D was as follows:
| “ | Shall the City disannex approximately 40.48 acres of land commonly known as 'Lennar at Malone,' located in southwestern Travis County, one-half mile south of the intersection of West Slaughter Lane and Slaughter Creek Drive, (the Area), thereby removing the Area from the full purpose city limits of Austin, resulting in the Travis County Sheriff's Office providing law enforcement, Travis County Emergency Services District No. 5 providing fire response, and AustinTravis County EMS continuing to provide emergency services; the City would be required to continue to impose a property tax each year on the property in the Area at the same rate that is imposed on other property in the City until the taxes collected from the Area equal its pro rata share of the Area's indebtedness, which is $518,491.74 and is estimated to take two years to pay off, or until such time as the inhabitants of the Area otherwise collectively pay the identified pro rata share of the indebtedness in full with no prepayment penalty; and fees related to the City's full purpose jurisdiction would no longer be collected. | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Austin.
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Texas
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Texas.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ VoteTexas.gov, "Who, What, Where, When, How," accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Request for Voter Registration Applications,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Voter Registration,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Request for Voter Registration Applications," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Texas Constitution and Statutes, “Election Code,” accessed February 23, 2023
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, “Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks,” January 25, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Federal Judge Halts ‘Ham-Handed’ Texas Voter Purge,” February 28, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Texas Ends Review That Questioned Citizenship of Almost 100,000 Voters,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Secretary Whitley Announces Settlement In Litigation On Voter Registration List Maintenance Activity,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Texas Secretary of State, "Required Identification for Voting in Person," accessed February 27, 2023 Cite error: Invalid
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