The Nov. 4 election won’t feature many candidates on its ballot, but Bexar County voters are headed toward a major vote on funding for a new Spurs arena and upgrades to county-owned facilities on the East Side.
Both the arena and East Side would be paid for by voter-approved taxes on hotel rooms and rental cars, though they’ll appear separately on the ballot. The sample ballot for the November election hasn’t been released yet, but the Bexar County Elections Department released a list this week of what to expect.
On the same ballot, Texans are being asked to weigh in this fall on 17 state constitutional amendments driven by the Republican-led legislature.
East Central ISD and Judson ISD are asking voters to approve tax rate increases, and North East ISD is holding a nearly half-billion dollar bond election.
Some smaller municipalities around Bexar County elect local leaders to their mayor and city council seats in odd-numbered years, including Sandy Oaks, Windcrest, Schertz and Converse.
The San Antonio River Authority will also elect several positions.
The deadline for municipalities to put measures on the Nov. 4 ballot was Aug. 18.
Oct. 6 is the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election. Early voting runs Oct. 20 through Oct. 31.
Most major elections — for governor, Congress, the state legislature and county offices — are held in November of even-numbered years, so they won’t appear on the ballot until November 2026.
Those races will start heating up soon through, with candidate filing opening just days after this Nov. 4 election.
Andrea Drusch writes about local government for the San Antonio Report. She’s covered politics in Washington, D.C., and Texas for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, National Journal and Politico.
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