Early Vote Centers will be open from Monday, December 1, to Tuesday, December 9 (Mon-Sat: 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Sun: 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. )
Vote Centers will accept voters from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 13, Election Day.
What is on the ballot? Two races.
These are the two races; the HCC race is primarily in the North East part of the City. It is mainly an African-American District.
The At-Large Position is city-wide, so all Houstonians who are citizens and registered to vote can vote.
Your vote is supercharged, since turnout in such elections is so low that one vote can make the difference between who wins.
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Recommendations, I don’t get to vote in the HCC race, and have not bothered to research either candidate. For the At-Large race, I recommend Alejandra Salinas.
I must admit that I was initially bothered by Ms. Salinas’ initial website, where she made her concerns for young gay people seem more important than those of other young people who are not gay. She has since recognized that others also need guidance and help. While I am not a fan of the Houston Chronicle, they did endorse Ms. Salinas.
This video, which I posted on Facebook, is available for viewing. The video is behind a pay wall, but I believe it can be viewed on Facebook. If not, here is a link to a short on YouTube.
That video convinced me that Dwight Boykins was not the candidate for all Houstonians. I am not sure if he is pandering to the MAGAs in Houston and did not want to go crosswise with them, or if he really does not give a shit about Hispanics. Either way, he lost my family’s support. There are three of us in my household who vote, and two other sons who will also be voting against him. Hopefully, my two brothers and their families will also support Ms. Salinas. Like serving our country, our family believes that voting is extremely important.
Chronicle endorsement
Back in our endorsement for the general election, we noted that Alejandra Salinas had an impressive resume, robust grasp of municipal policy and a praiseworthy focus on the important issues that don’t always make headlines. However, we were concerned that she wouldn’t stand up to Mayor Whitmire where necessary. Too few on City Council do. So consider our pleasant surprise when, after the mayor clumsily admitted the city was cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after months of denials, Salinas released a brief yet powerful statement in response.
“This is wrong,” she wrote on social media. “I am profoundly disappointed in the lack of transparency by the administration. One of my relatives, a U.S. citizen, was wrongly detained by ICE. He is OK, but the unlawful actions of ICE are not. Our city should not enable wrongful actors.”
It was exactly the sort of political bravery we were looking for.
Boykins represents an old status quo at City Hall, and anyone who wants to maintain it should vote for him.
But Salinas knows exactly what time it is.
And it is time for voters to elect her to City Council.