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October 2026
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- I used to really want to build games; during college, I realized how difficult building a game actually is and redirected to web development. Now, I’m building a game. Stuff really does come full-circle sometimes.Build
- Ballot Cheat Sheet Williamson County, Texas · November 3, 2026 General Election Districts for this address: U.S. House 17, State Senate 24, State House 136, State Board of Education 5. Democratic nominee in each race. Mark every race; there is no straight-ticket option. 1. Federal and state Federal | Race | Candidate | |---|---| | U.S. Senate | James Talarico | | U.S. House, District 17 | Casey Shepard | State | Race | Candidate | |---|---| | Governor | Gina Hinojosa | | Lieutenant Governor | Vikki Goodwin | | Attorney General | Nathan Johnson | | Comptroller | Sarah Eckhardt | | Land Commissioner | Benjamin Flores | | Agriculture Commissioner | Clayton Tucker | | Railroad Commissioner | Jon Rosenthal | | State Board of Education, District 5 | Allison Bush | | State Senate, District 24 | Joe Paz Herrera | | State Representative, District 136 | John H. Bucy III | 2. Courts Texas Supreme Court | Race | Candidate | |---|---| | Chief Justice | Maggie Ellis | | Place 2 (unexpired term) | Chari Kelly | | Place 7 | Kristen Hawkins | | Place 8 | Gisela D. Triana | Court of Criminal Appeals | Race | Candidate | |---|---| | Place 3 | Okey Anyiam | | Place 4 | Audra Riley | | Place 9 | Holly Taylor | Appeals and district courts | Race | Candidate | |---|---| | 15th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice | Jerry Zimmerer | | 15th Court of Appeals, Place 2 | Tom Baker | | 15th Court of Appeals, Place 3 | Marc M. Meyer | | 3rd Court of Appeals, Chief Justice | Darlene Byrne | | 512th District Judge | Leslie Booker | 277th, 368th and 480th District Courts: Republican only. 3. County and nonpartisan Williamson County | Race | Candidate | |---|---| | County Judge | Heather Jefts | | County Clerk | Erin Block | | Tax Assessor-Collector (unexpired term) | Eric Hanke | | Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 (if on your ballot) | KT Musselman | Republican only Treasurer, District Clerk, County Courts at Law 1 to 4, Commissioner Precinct 2, Justice of the Peace Precincts 2 to 4. Vote for that person or leave the race blank. No party listed - Appraisal District board, Places 1 to 3 - Round Rock ISD trustees, Places 3 to 6 (if you live in Round Rock ISD) - ACC trustees, Places 1 to 3 (if you live in the ACC district) Each allows "None," so skipping is fine. At the polls No phones while voting, so bring this sheet on paper. There is no straight-ticket option: mark each race. 4. Measures: your call Austin propositions appear only if you live inside city limits. Round Rock ISD Prop A appears only if you live in that district. | Measure | What it does | For | Against | |---|---|:-:|:-:| | Round Rock ISD, Prop A | Ratifies the $0.9484 tax rate; operating revenue up 3.09% ($12.3M). Tax increase. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop A | $260M parks bond. Tax increase. Council sent it 8 to 3; Watson, Velásquez and Duchen voted no. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop B | $35M library bond. Tax increase. A and B together: about $42 a year for a typical homeowner. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop C | Redistricting commission changes: independent of council, student members, a bigger applicant pool. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop D | Drops the weekly council meeting rule. Vela backs it; council already meets about every other week. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop E | Lets council set its own rules and agenda without passing an ordinance. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop F | Campaign contribution limits update every Jan 1 instead of at budget adoption. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop G | Citizen initiatives go only to even-year Novembers. Higher turnout, but some votes wait longer. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop H | Council, not the city manager, hires and fires the city attorney. Fuentes proposed it; a 2012 version failed 51 to 49. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop I | Charter-required outside audit, including before any tax-rate election. Opposed: Rep. Casar, six council members, AFSCME Local 1642. Backed: Save Austin Now. | [ ] | [ ] | | Austin, Prop J | Fixes typos and removes language overridden by state law or court orders. | [ ] | [ ] | Sources - Williamson County composite sample ballot, Nov. 3, 2026 - Texas Legislative Council, Who Represents Me - KUT, Austin charter amendments explained - Community Impact, Austin calls $295M bond election - Community Impact, Parks and library funding on the ballot - Austin Chronicle, Rally against Prop IThoughts
- FedEx, count your days.Thoughts
- Texans, the last day to vote early is this Friday, October 30, 2026. Let’s make this one count.Thoughts
- This site runs on Astro 7. Most pages ship no JavaScript at all, and the page-to-page transitions are plain CSS.Build
- Hourly billing at SERVERIZZ is the monthly price divided by 672. That's 28 days of hours, so no month ever bills more than the monthly price.Billing
- One rule for the billing ledger: you never edit money. A correction is a new row, and the database itself refuses anything else.Billing
- Before the relaunch: the old site split its links between two domains and quoted two different prices for the same plan. Saving the snapshot before it changes.Web
- The ⌘K palette started in the SERVERIZZ portal prototype. It's on this site too: press it anywhere to jump to a page.Web