Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asks City Council to move municipal elections to November
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has asked City Council to move the city’s municipal elections from May to November, a move state lawmakers set the stage for earlier this year.
The change would save taxpayers $1 million, improve voter turnout and bring San Antonio in line with what many other local governments in Texas are doing, according to a letter Jones sent to council on Tuesday.
Texas lawmakers passed bipartisan legislation earlier this year allowing local governments to move their elections in odd-numbered years to November.
But individual city councils still need to vote in order to move their elections by Dec. 31, or they’ll miss out on the opportunity, absent additional legislation.
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