/tags/petitions Petitions en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 22:35:36 GMT /austin/2023-03-09/austins-had-a-lot-of-petition-fueled-elections-in-the-last-few-years-that-could-change Weed decriminalization, homelessness, convention center renovations � they've all been on the ballot in Austin in the last few years because of petitions from Austinites. But city leaders want to reexamine how residents trigger citywide elections. Thu, 09 Mar 2023 22:35:36 GMT /austin/2023-03-09/austins-had-a-lot-of-petition-fueled-elections-in-the-last-few-years-that-could-change Andrew Weber /austin/2021-01-26/voters-to-decide-on-changes-to-how-austins-government-works The Austin city clerk has validated thousands of petition signatures collected by a political action committee seeking changes to how local government works. That means these changes could go before voters this year or next. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:14:15 GMT /austin/2021-01-26/voters-to-decide-on-changes-to-how-austins-government-works Audrey McGlinchy /texas/2019-07-12/third-party-and-independent-candidates-find-it-hard-to-get-on-the-ballot-in-texas From Texas Standard:As Texans gear up for the 2020 elections, some hopeful candidates are struggling to get on the ballot. As a result, the Libertarian� Fri, 12 Jul 2019 19:21:33 GMT /texas/2019-07-12/third-party-and-independent-candidates-find-it-hard-to-get-on-the-ballot-in-texas Rhonda Fanning /austin/2016-09-23/state-lawmakers-consider-changes-to-local-petitions-and-bond-elections It was as if they’d been studying Austin’s recent petition haps and mishaps.State lawmakers on the House Elections Committee began hearing testimony� Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:52:20 GMT /austin/2016-09-23/state-lawmakers-consider-changes-to-local-petitions-and-bond-elections Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-06-14/post-prop-1-city-begins-community-conversations-about-citizen-petitions In a dark room usually reserved for musical performances in South Austin’s Strange Brew coffee shop, four Austin residents met on Monday to talk about the� Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:21:17 GMT /austin/2016-06-14/post-prop-1-city-begins-community-conversations-about-citizen-petitions Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-02-24/will-the-kitchen-petition-cause-a-chilling-effect When word first broke that a local political action committee calling itself Austin4All had enough signatures to recall City Council Member Ann Kitchen,� Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:38:54 GMT /austin/2016-02-24/will-the-kitchen-petition-cause-a-chilling-effect Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-02-10/tracking-down-the-austin-pac-behind-the-ann-kitchen-recall-petition When you Google image search Rachel Kania and Tori Moreland, you'll find each of them in similarly staged photos, each wearing a collared shirt and� Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:54:35 GMT /austin/2016-02-10/tracking-down-the-austin-pac-behind-the-ann-kitchen-recall-petition Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-02-05/updated-ethics-complaints-filed-against-petition-pac The Austin Monitor reports: While the city clerk still has not received a promised petition seeking the recall of Council Member Ann Kitchen, the Texas� Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:11:11 GMT /austin/2016-02-05/updated-ethics-complaints-filed-against-petition-pac Caleb Pritchard /austin/2016-01-28/is-this-a-new-era-of-petitions-for-austin Austin is riddled with petition fever, or so it seems lately. Last week, local group Ridesharing Works for Austin � a political action committee funded by� Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:28:05 GMT /austin/2016-01-28/is-this-a-new-era-of-petitions-for-austin Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-01-21/why-it-takes-20-000-voter-signatures-to-propose-a-new-city-law A local group funded by Uber and Lyft has turned into Austin City Hall a petition with the signatures of 23-thousand local voters, with the hopes of� Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:33:35 GMT /austin/2016-01-21/why-it-takes-20-000-voter-signatures-to-propose-a-new-city-law Audrey McGlinchy