The 2021 off-year elections will be anything but off-target Nov. 2 — and that’s why the League of Women Voters-Comal Area (LWV-CA) is schooling area voters on candidates and issues.
On Monday, voters could access
VOTE411.org, enter their address, and obtain ballot information specific to their location. Unregistered voters wishing to cast ballots in the general election had until Monday to register to vote.
While odd-year elections usually feature Texas constitutional amendments — there are eight proposals on this year’s ballot — voters in Comal and Guadalupe counties will decide several important issues.
It could be a pivotal election for local public school districts. Comal ISD residents will vote on a Voter Approved Tax Ratification Election and four bond propositions, New Braunfels ISD residents will decide three bond propositions, and Schertz Cibolo Universal City ISD will decide Place 4 on its board of trustees.
Comal Emergency Services District No. 7 has a sales and use tax proposition; Comal County Water Improvement Districts 1C and 1E will vote to confirm the districts, board directors and funding, and Green Valley Special Utility District residents will select two board members.
Schertz residents face a bond for public safety facilities and places 6 and 7 on the City Council. In Cibolo, 12 proposed city charter amendments await voters, who will also select a District 4 City Council member.
The website features nonpartisan election information, and the LWV-CA has recorded candidate forums for the Cibolo City Council, SCUCISD Place 4 and the Green Valley SUD board seat posted on LWV Comal Area’s YouTube channel, @LWVComalArea.
Some changes in registration and election processes are already in effect, others are likely to impact the 2022 primaries and midterm elections. The LWV-CA is hosting an online discussion about navigating the new voting laws at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13 on Zoom (ID: 833 5101 1949; Passcode: 673106) and Facebook Live @LWVComalTX.
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