Election Day is tomorrow/Tuesday, giving Lake Highlands neighbors the chance to vote on three Richardson ISD bond proposals and 17 amendments to the Texas Constitution.
Audelia Road Library. Photo by Carol Toler
Election Day for the current Constitutional, Joint and Special Election falls on Nov. 4. Three RISD bond proposals totaling $1.4 million sit alongside an array of constitutional amendments put forward by the state legislature on the ballot.
The three bond proposals: dubbed A, B and C, cover facilities maintenance, construction, technology purchases and stadium upgrades.
Proposition A, accounting for $1,338,600,000 of the package, will help complete middle school transitions at the remaining RISD junior highs (Lake Highlands and Forest Meadow have already made the transition). The proposal will further fund facilities maintenance at most campuses in the district, which estimates the average age of its buildings to be approximately 58 years old. Athletic equipment, tennis court lighting and the construction of a new Career and Technical Education Center will also be funded under Prop A.
Proposition B largely funds the purchase of new devices for students, staff and administration to the tune of $54 million. The last proposal, Proposition C, will pay to make RISD stadiums like Wildcat-Ram more ADA accessible.
To read more about Bond 2025, click here. More information on constitutional amendments can be found here.
How to vote
The last day to register to vote was Oct. 6. To check your voter registration status, click here. Upon arrival at a polling location, voters must present an approved form of ID. Acceptable IDs under Texas state law include:
- Texas driver’s license
- Texas Election Identification Certificate
- Texas personal identification card
- Texas Handgun License
- A United States Military Identification card containing the person’s photograph
- A United States Citizenship Certificate containing the person’s photograph
- A United States Passport (book or card)
Where to vote
Luckily, there’s a few places in the neighborhood operating as polling places. Here’s each polling location in ZIP codes 75231, 75243 and 75238.
- PLA @ Highland Meadows — 9229 Meadowknoll Dr
- Lake Highlands High School Gym — 9449 Church Rd
- Audelia Road Auditorium — 10045 Audelia Rd
- Lake Highlands Elementary Gym — 9501 Ferndale Rd
- Merriman Park Elementary — 7101 Winedale Dr
- Jill Stone Elementary School Gym — 6321 Ridgecrest Rd
- McShan Jr. Elementary Lobby — 8307 Meadow Rd
- Hamilton Park UMC Gym — 11881 Schroeder Rd
- Forest Meadow Jr. High (Abrams entrance) — 9373 Whitehurst Dr
- New Mount Zion Educational Building Chapel — 9530 Shepherd Rd
- Moss Haven Elementary Gym — 9202 Moss Farm Ln
- Audelia Creek Elementary Gym — 12600 Audelia Rd
- Richland College LeCroy Center — 9596 Walnut St
- Aikin Elementary Gym — 12300 Pleasant Valley Rd
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary Gym — 9666 Ferris Branch Blvd
- Skyview Elementary Gym — 9229 Meadowknoll Dr
Each polling place will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
