The City has set the calendar for the Council Candidate Forums taking place in September and October. The City of Austin, the City's Ethics Review Commission and the League of Women Voters Austin Area, will sponsor the six City Council Candidate Forums for City Council candidates competing in the November 8 election. Below are the...

The City has set the calendar for the Council Candidate Forums taking place in September and October. The City of Austin, the City's Ethics Review Commission and the League of Women Voters Austin Area, will sponsor the six City Council Candidate Forums for City Council candidates competing in the November 8 election. Below are the...

Join North Loop Neighborhood Association for the second in a series of informal meetups with the candidates for City Council District 9. This Sunday, we welcome entrepreneur, activist, and author Joah Spearman....

The North Loop Neighborhood Association (NLNA) is hosting a series of events to introduce District 9 city council candidates to North Loop and local residents. This first meet-and-greet, on August 6th, will host D9 candidate Tom Wald. Bring your questions and issue priorities. All are...

Did you know? The Texas primary election is on March 1st (and early voting begins February 14th). And there is a lot on the ballot this year, across all three branches (legislative, executive, judicial) and at all levels of government (federal, state, county). Panicking a bit because you have...

Common Ground for Texans and the League of Women Voters Austin Area invites you to join us! Our expert panelists will share their perspectives on the impacts of the 8 ballot initiatives from the May 1st election. After the panelists' presentations, we will divide into breakout...

Please register in advance for this free webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. In the second session of the Civics 101 series, the LWV-AA welcomes guest speaker Mary Patrick, long time Voter Deputy Registrar in Travis County,...

Thought election season was over? Not quite.   Early voting has begun for Austin's City Council runoff elections. Election Day is on December 11th.   What's a runoff election?   In Austin, if no single candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote in the general election, then we head to...

We don't need to tell you that there was an election last week in America. But, with so much of the media attention on our national races, we decided we'd take a few minutes to recap what happened locally.    Propositions - There were 11 propositions on the ballot in Austin...