/tags/better-know-your-ballot Better Know Your Ballot en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:30:56 GMT /politics/2015-11-02/better-know-your-ballot-what-you-need-to-know-to-vote-on-election-day Today is Election Day. Let鈥檚 quickly run down the voter prep list. First: Figure out what鈥檚 on the ballot. Then: Find a place to vote. Remember you can鈥� Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:30:56 GMT /politics/2015-11-02/better-know-your-ballot-what-you-need-to-know-to-vote-on-election-day Ben Philpott /politics/2015-10-29/better-know-your-ballot-the-7-statewide-constitutional-propositions-for-2015 Early voting for the Nov. 3 statewide elections ends tomorrow.Find your local polling places here.The Nov. 3 ballot [sample here] contains the seven鈥� Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:10:19 GMT /politics/2015-10-29/better-know-your-ballot-the-7-statewide-constitutional-propositions-for-2015 KUT Staff /politics/2015-10-19/better-know-your-ballot-prop-7s-texas-road-funding-fix Early voting starts today for the Nov. 3 election, and over the past few weeks, we鈥檝e been taking a closer look at each of the seven proposed amendments鈥� Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:13:54 GMT /politics/2015-10-19/better-know-your-ballot-prop-7s-texas-road-funding-fix Ben Philpott /politics/2015-10-14/better-know-your-ballot-prop-6-aims-to-shoot-down-future-hunting-restrictions The Texas Constitutional propositions up for a vote on Nov. 3 tend to come in a few different flavors. Some want to change the current constitution to鈥� Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:17:02 GMT /politics/2015-10-14/better-know-your-ballot-prop-6-aims-to-shoot-down-future-hunting-restrictions Ben Philpott /politics/2015-10-12/better-know-your-ballot-prop-5-looks-to-reduce-big-costs-for-little-county-roads Constitutional elections in Texas don't draw many voters. Over the last three elections, no more than 8 percent of registered voters have gone to the鈥� Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:04:13 GMT /politics/2015-10-12/better-know-your-ballot-prop-5-looks-to-reduce-big-costs-for-little-county-roads Ben Philpott /politics/2015-10-08/better-know-your-ballot-prop-4-to-give-texas-pro-sports-teams-charity-raffles-more-playing-time Today, the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros kick off their series in the American League divisional playoffs.Any other year, that would have nothing鈥� Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:35:34 GMT /politics/2015-10-08/better-know-your-ballot-prop-4-to-give-texas-pro-sports-teams-charity-raffles-more-playing-time Ben Philpott /politics/2015-10-05/better-know-your-ballot-prop-3-would-allow-state-officials-to-opt-out-of-austin-residency The third of seven propositions on the Texas ballot this Election Day would change the requirement for some statewide elected officials to live in鈥� Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:56:09 GMT /politics/2015-10-05/better-know-your-ballot-prop-3-would-allow-state-officials-to-opt-out-of-austin-residency Ben Philpott /politics/2015-10-01/better-know-your-ballot-proposition-2s-veteran-spousal-benefit-fix We're just over a month away from Election Day in Texas and, while it's an election not everyone even knows is coming up, there are seven statewide鈥� Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:06:07 GMT /politics/2015-10-01/better-know-your-ballot-proposition-2s-veteran-spousal-benefit-fix Ben Philpott /politics/2015-09-28/better-know-your-ballot-the-proposition-1-homestead-exemption While the presidential election is getting a lot of headlines, that鈥檚 not until next year. But one of the seven amendments to the state constitution on鈥� Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:37:34 GMT /politics/2015-09-28/better-know-your-ballot-the-proposition-1-homestead-exemption Ben Philpott /austin/2015-06-08/tough-sell-or-vital-investment-a-look-at-travis-countys-300-million-courthouse This November鈥檚 election will be here before we know it, and while there aren鈥檛 many high-profile races or hot-button issues in the off-year election,鈥� Mon, 08 Jun 2015 19:54:39 GMT /austin/2015-06-08/tough-sell-or-vital-investment-a-look-at-travis-countys-300-million-courthouse