Your 2022 Local Election Guide (plus 2 Constitutional Amendments)

UPDATE: Endorsements and recommendations added in red as voted on by the TCRP Executive Committee. Early voting begins Monday, April 25.

Ok voters, take careful notes: There are two major election dates in May — each containing two kinds of elections (four total).

• May 7: Constitutional Amendment and Local Elections.

• May 24: Primary Runoff and Precinct Chairman Elections.

For the sake of this blog post, we’ll focus on the May 7 election. (For details on the May 24 election click here.)

First off, there are two proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, which require statewide voter approval. They are:

Prop. 1: Authorize the Texas Legislature to reduce the limit on property taxes imposed on the homesteads of elderly or disabled residents to reflect any tax rate reduction enacted by law from the preceding tax year (TCRP recommends voting FOR)

Prop 2: Increase the homestead exemption for school district property taxes from $25,000 to $40,000. (TCRP recommends voting FOR)

Then there are several local contests, depending on where you vote. Jurisdictions holding local elections include:

• Austin (low-level marijuana offenses proposition — TCRP recommends voting AGAINST)

• Cedar Park (mayor, council, and various propositions),

• Leander (council and various propositions including whether to retain CapMetro bus and MetroRail service — TCRP recommends voting AGAINST PROP A and endorses Kathryn Pantallion-Parker for re-election),

• Bee Cave (mayor and council),

• Elgin (council),

• Manor (council),

• Round Rock (council),

• Dripping Springs ISD (trustees),

• Eanes ISD (trustees),

• Coupland ISD (bond),

• Del Valle ISD (bond),

• Lake Travis ISD (trustees),

• Pflugerville (trustees — TCRP endorses Pat McCord for Place 3, Vernagene Mott for Place 4, and Brian Allen for Place 5),

• Hays Consolidated ISD (bond).

For more information see the sample ballot here.

To find out where to vote, how to register, etc., see our helpful Your Vote page or visit VoteTravis.com.

A quick word about our official endorsements: Just because we did not endorse in a particular race does not mean we disapprove of the candidates. In many cases, it was one Republican versus another Republican (therefore we could not make a recommendation), or we simply did not get enough feedback from our precinct chairmen in time for our April executive committee meeting. There are many great candidates on the ballot in each of the above jurisdictions who are not listed -- we welcome a discussion here and urge each voter to do their research on who more closely matches your conservative values. And when in doubt just leave it blank -- a blank selection (aka. an "undervote") will not invalidate your ballot.