Just My Two Cents on the Election.

Early Voting Locations

Travis County Elections Early Voting Guide
March 2, 2010 Joint Primary Election

Early Voting operates:
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - Friday, February 26, 2010
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CENTRAL/ CENTRAL
Travis County Airport Blvd Offices
5501 Airport Blvd
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

Fiesta Mart Central
3909 North IH-35 @ Delwood Shopping Center
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

University of Texas
2400 Inner Campus Drive
Flawn Academic Center Lobby, West Mall, UT Campus
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

Goodwill Industries
701 Newman Dr
Mon–Sat 10 am–7 pm, Sun Noon-6 pm
Lunes–Sab 10 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

NORTH / NORTE
Ben Hur Shriners Hall
7811 Rockwood Lane
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

MT Supermarket
10901 N. Lamar Blvd., Bldg G at Chinatown Center
Mon–Fri 10 am–7 pm, Sat–Sun Closed
Lunes–Viernes 10 am–7 pm, Sab –Dom cerrado

NORTHEAST / NORESTE
County Tax Office, Pflugerville (Community Room)
15822 Foothill Farms Loop
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

Goodwill Industries
1015 Norwood Park Boulevard
Mon–Fri 8 am–7 pm, Sat 9 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Viernes 8 am–7 pm, Sab 9 am–7 pm,
Dom Mediodía –6 pm

NORTHWEST / NOROESTE
Randalls Research and Braker
10900-D Research Boulevard @ Braker Lane
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

HEB Four Points, FM 620 and RR 2222
7301 FM 620 North (temp building in parking lot)
(edificio provisional en el estacionamiento)
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm





SOUTH/SUR
HEB South Congress
2400 South Congress (temp building in parking lot)
(edificio provisional en el estacionamiento)
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

Randalls Ben White and Manchaca
2025 West Ben White Boulevard @ Manchaca Road
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

SOUTHEAST / SURESTE
Dan Ruiz Public Library
1600 Grove Blvd
Mon–Thur 10 am–7 pm, Fri Closed, Sat 10 am–5 pm,
Sun Closed
Lunes–Jueves 10 am–7 pm, Viernes cerrado,
Sab 10 am–5 pm, Dom cerrado

Fiesta Mart Stassney
5510 S. IH-35 @ Stassney
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

SOUTHWEST / SUROESTE
Randalls South Mopac and William Cannon
6600 South Mopac @ William Cannon
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

Randalls Brodie and Slaughter
9911 Brodie Lane @ Slaughter Lane
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

EAST / ESTE
Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center
2608 Gonzales Street @ East 7th
Mon–Fri 10 am–7 pm, Sat 10 am–5 pm, Sun Closed
Lunes–Viernes 10 am–7 pm, Sab 10 am–5 pm,
Dom cerrado

Carver Museum
1165 Angelina Street
Mon–Fri 10 am – 6 pm, Sat 1 pm–5 pm,
Sun Closed
Lunes–Viernes 10 am–6 pm, Sab 1 pm–5 pm,
Dom cerrado

WEST / OESTE
Flagship Randalls at Westlake Hills
3300 Bee Caves Road
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

Randalls Lakeway
2301 RR 620 South
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
Lunes–Sab 7 am–7 pm, Dom Mediodía –6 pm

Propositions on the Mar. 2 Ballot

Propositions on the March 2 ballot (Republican ONLY):

Proposition 1: The Texas legislature should make it a priority to protect the integrity of our election process by enacting legislation that requires voters to provide valid photo identification in order to cast a ballot in any and all elections conducted in the State of Texas.

Proposition 2: Every government body in Texas should be required to limit any annual increase in its budget and spending to the combined increase of population and inflation unless it first gets voter approval to exceed the allowed annual growth or in the case of an official emergency.

Proposition 3: In addition to aggressively eliminating irresponsible federal spending, Congress should empower American citizens to stimulate the economy by Congress cutting federal income taxes for all federal taxpayers, rather than spending hundreds of billions of dollars on so-called federal economic stimulus.

Proposition 4: The use of the word God, prayers, and the Ten Commandments should be allowed at public gatherings and public educational institutions, as well as be permitted on government buildings and property.

Proposition 5: The Texas Legislature should enact legislation requiring a sonogram to be performed and shown to each mother about to undergo a medically unnecessary, elective abortion.

Ballot for the Mar. 2 Election

Here are the Republican Primary Candidates for the Mar. 2 election:

Congressional District 21: Stephen Schoppe, Lamar Smith (Incumbent)
Governor of Texas: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Debra Medina, Rick Perry (Incumbent)

Lt. Governor: David Dewhurst (Incumbent)

Texas Supreme Court Place 3: Jeff Brown, Rick Green, Debra Lehrmann, Jim Moseley, Rebecca Simmons, Rick Strange

Texas Supreme Court Place 5: Paul Green

Texas Supreme Court Place 9: Eva Guzman (Incumbent), Rose Vela

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2: Lawrence "Larry" Meyers (Incumbent)

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 5: Cheryl Johnson (Incumbent)

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 6: Michael E. Keasler

Attorney General of Texas: Greg Abbott (Incumbent)

Comptroller of Public Accounts: Susan Combs (Incumbent)

Commissioner of General Land Office: Jerry Patterson (Incumbent)

Commissioner of Agriculture: Todd Staples (Incumbent)

Texas Railroad Commission: Victor Carrillo (Incumbent), David Porter

SBOEPlace 10: Marsha Farney, Rebecca Osborne, Brian Russell

Texas House of Representatives, Dist. 47: David Sewell, Holly Turner, Paul Workman

Third Court of Appeals Place 4: Scott King Field, Melissa Goodwin

District Court 353: Jeff Rose (Incumbent)

County Judge: Mike McNamara

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2: Glenn Bass

Go here for links to the websites of the above candidates.

Precinct Convention Information

Don't forget that the Precinct 312 Convention will be held on March 2, 2010 after the closing of the polls and beginning at 8 PM at 6002 Travis Woods Cv. You may call me at 585-0491 for directions.

Was I Wrong?

After reading this, I'm beginning to wonder about even my lukewarm support for Prop. 11.

Update on Constitutional Amendments

One of our neighbors has written an e-mail to me regarding the constitutional amendments. She is a real estate broker. She supports Props 2, 3, 5 and 11. She said this:

Propositions 2, 3 & 5 are good changes for homeowners of the state of Texas, which contain some very needed appraisal reform of central appraisal districts. There has been some negative campaigning against appraisal reform stating that this wlll create additional taxes for homeowners, but this is not true.

She provides the following documents for your review:

Analysis 09

And this flyer

Here is an article with additional information.

And study this as well.


A big THANK YOU to our neighbor for this information.