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| The Office of the City Clerk conducted the drawing for positions on the November municipal election ballot earlier today. The drawing determined the order in which the candidate names for the six Council Districts that will be listed on the ballot for the Nov. 8 City Council elections. The official Council Candidates can be viewed in ballot order on the City Clerk’s website. The drawing is done randomly by picking candidate names by district and announcing the order of candidates' names. Council Districts that will be electing Council Members are Districts 1, 3, 5, 8, 9 and Mayor. The other districts will be chosen in 2024. 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 details for each Candidate Forum and each forum can be viewed live in-person, online, on-air, or by phone. » District 1: Thu, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at Asian American Resource Center (8401 Cameron Road) » District 3: Thu, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center (808 Nile St.) » District 5: Thu, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. at South Austin Senior Center (3911 Menchaca Road) » District 8: Thu, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at South Austin Senior Center (3911 Menchaca Road) » District 9: Thu, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers (301 W. 2nd St.) » Mayor: Thu, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers (301 W. 2nd St.) » If Run-Off: Wed, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers (301 W. 2nd St.) Individuals are able to watch the forums live at ATXN.TV (ENG & SPA), cable TV channel 6, and AT&T U-Verse channel 99, and on streaming apps. The forum can also be heard live on KAZI FM 88.7 in English. Language Interpretation via Telephone will be provided in Spanish, Vietnamese, and Mandarin (Dial 1-855-756-7520 ext 83464# for English, 83465# for Spanish, 83466# for Mandarin, and 83467# for Vietnamese). For other language interpretation not provided for the forums, please call Austin 3-1-1 to request an interpreter at least 5 business days prior to the forum you wish to attend. Austinites can email questions to be considered to ask the candidates for the Forums to forum@lwvaustin.org or call 512-451-6710. Deadline is by 12pm (noon) the day of each forum event date. For more information about the Council Candidate Forums, visit AustinTexas.gov/ To find out which district you live in, visit AustinTexas.gov/ For more information about the election process, visit AustinTexas.gov/ |
