{"id":1110,"date":"2021-11-01T16:17:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2021-11-04T08:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T14:45:51","slug":"november-2-is-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/blog\/2021\/11\/01\/november-2-is-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2 is Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Austin Community College District encourages you to&nbsp;vote!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of&nbsp;entities in the ACC service area are holding local elections on November 2, including the City of Austin, which has two ballot initiatives to consider. In addition, the State of Texas has several constitutional amendments on the ballot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a friendly reminder that you can take administrative leave to vote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administrative Rule 6.09.005&nbsp;Non-Accrued&nbsp;Paid Leave&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>VIII. Voting Leave&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Employees are encouraged to participate in any local, state and national electoral process.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Employees who wish to vote during their regularly scheduled working hours may use up to two (2) hours of administrative leave.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please take advantage of this very generous benefit that ACC offers to all of us.&nbsp; It is important for you to work with your supervisor to schedule this time off for voting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties have Election&nbsp;Centers&nbsp;and you can vote at any polling location in your county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a complete list of voting&nbsp;sites and hours, please visit the links below for each county in the ACC Service Area:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov\/elections\/current-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Travis County<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilco.org\/Departments\/Elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Williamson County<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hayscountytx.com\/departments\/elections\/current-year-elections\/02-nov-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hays County<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bastropvotes.org\/election-information-2\/upcoming-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bastrop&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bastropvotes.org\/election-information-2\/upcoming-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">County<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.caldwell.tx.us\/page\/caldwell.ElectionsOffice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caldwell County<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.lee.tx.us\/page\/lee.Elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lee County&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact Alicia Del Rio, ACC Manager of Elections, at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:adelrio@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">adelrio@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contributed by Dr. Molly Beth Malcolm,  <em>Operations &amp; Public Affairs<\/em> executive vice&nbsp;chancellor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District encourages you to&nbsp;vote! Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. A number of&nbsp;entities in the ACC service area are holding local elections on November 2, including the City of Austin, which has two ballot initiatives to consider. In addition, the State of Texas has several constitutional amendments on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,28],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-employees","tag-event","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}