August 2025
Council adopts the original budget and calls the election
The rate included five cents above the voter-approval threshold.
The three-county result
109,375
Against · 63.47%
62,952
For · 36.53%
172,327
Total votes on the proposition
These totals combine the certified canvasses for the Austin portions of Travis, Hays, and Williamson counties. They replace the election-night totals on the original campaign pages, which are kept as published.
What was at stake
| Measure | Rate per $100 | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Original Council-adopted rate | $0.574017 | Contingent on voter approval |
| 2025 voter-approval rate | $0.524017 | Effective ceiling after rejection |
| Difference submitted to voters | $0.050000 | Rejected |
What happened next
November 4
Voters reject Proposition Q
The contingent increment could not take effect.
November 20
Council amends the budget
The City approved a $6.3 billion amended budget at the 52.40¢ voter-approval rate. That lasted about nine months.
August 12, 2026
Council adopts 57.99¢ anyway
The recalculated voter-approval rate came out above the 57.40¢ voters had rejected, so Council took it, 8–2, with no election. See the FY 2026–27 record.
November 3, 2026
Prop I on the ballot
An independent efficiency audit, in the charter, required before any future tax-rate election. This site asked for exactly that the morning after Prop Q lost. Vote YES. Read the case.
About the campaign material: the signs, letters, charts, and myths-vs-facts pages elsewhere on this site are the original No Thank Q campaign, written by an Austin resident against the increase and preserved exactly as published. This page uses final government documents for the certified numbers. Support-campaign domains redirect here until their original pages are captured. Enter the campaign archive.