Saturday, May 1, 2021
San Marcos Consolidated ISD Trustee Anne Halsey was reelected to her at-large position, and Mari Salmi was voted to the board of trustees during Saturday’s election.
Voters from Hays, Caldwell and Guadalupe counties visited the polls during eight days of early voting and on Election Day to vote for two at-large positions on the SMCISD Board of Trustees. Six candidates were vying for the positions on the board: Andrew Fay, Nicholas “Nico” Costilla, Sylvia DeLeon Muzzy, Roger E. Davis, Halsey and Salmi.
Halsey claimed a majority of votes with 1,102 30.67%. Salmi received the second most votes with 895 24.91%.
Muzzy earned 773 votes (21.52%), Fay amassed 449 votes (12.5%), Costilla tallied 319 votes (8.88%) and Davis received 54 votes (1.5%).
Election Day in Hays County: Live updates for San Marcos, Dripping Springs, other races Luz Moreno-Lozano, Austin American-Statesman
Polls close at 7 p.m. Check in here for the latest on what San Marcos, Hays and Dripping Springs school board seats are in play, as well as Hays, Uhland and Dripping Springs city council seats. The $238.4 million Hays school bond is also on the ballot tonight.
Hays school bond
The district s $238.4 million bond package that will help schools brace for growth is leading on three out of six propositions.
Early results show 55.32% of the vote has been for Proposition A , 54.84% for B , and 58.66% for F, while 60.67% of the vote has been against Proposition C, 59.57% against D and 55.56% against E.
San Marcos school board: six candidates, two seats
Hays school district: $238.4M bond, two seats
Hays, Uhland council seats in play
For Hays County election results and vote count totals, please visit our election results page.
Polls closed at 7 p.m. More than 4,900 residents, or 3.51% of voters, cast their vote early in Hays County. A total of 141,065 residents are registered to vote, according to county data.
Check in here for the latest on what San Marcos, Hays and Dripping Springs school board seats are in play, as well as Hays, Uhland and Dripping Springs city council seats. The $238.4 million Hays school bond is also on the ballot tonight.
Hays County Consolidated School District propositions:
The six bond propositions, all of which indicate a property tax increase, are as followed.Â
Proposition A states the bond will be used for the issuance of $147,959,876 school building bonds for the design, construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district, the purchase of the necessary sites for school buildings and the purchase of new school buses and levying and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements.
Proposition B states the bond will be used for the issuance of $41,047,216 school building bonds for the design, construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, improvement and equipment of school buildings in the district and levying and imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit
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