What voters will see on the ballot for Corpus Christi city elections will include the entire City Council slate, in addition to a proposal to reup a special sales tax.
The ballot was finalized Aug. 11.
All nine seats of the council — mayor, three at-large positions and five district representatives — will be up for election.
Registered voters will be able to cast their ballot for four seats: mayor, the three at-large seats and the representative of the district where the voter resides.
The deadline to file as a candidate is 5 p.m. Aug. 17.
A proposition on the ballot will also ask voters whether to continue an existing one-eighth-cent sales tax that benefits the Corpus Christi Crime Control and Prevention District for 10 years, City Council agenda
documents show.
The district was formed with voter approval in 1997 and renewed several times since, according to the Corpus Christi Police Department’s website.
The funding “provides resources to support crime reduction initiatives focused on enforcement, neighborhood crime prevention, and the improvement of police equipment, technology, and infrastructure,” it states.
A vote on the Inner Harbor seawater desalination project — proposed by City Councilman Eric Cantu in July — does not show in city records as appearing on the ballot.
Early voting is Oct. 19 through Oct. 30. Election Day is Nov. 3.
Kirsten Crow covers city government and water news. Have a story idea? Contact her at kirsten.crow@caller.com.
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