As is typical for municipal elections in Texas, turn out for May 9th city and school board elections was light. Only 8,539
voters cast ballots at polling locations across Collin County on Election Day, May 9th.The lion's share of Collin County voters (64.2%) cast their ballots during the early voting period. Only 35.8% of the 23,875 total ballots cast in the county were cast on Election Day. Only 5.1 percent of Collin County's 470k currently registered voters turned out to cast ballots in the various local elections across the county.
The Collin College place 7 board of trustees race goes to a county wide runoff election between Jim Orr and Collin Kennedy. Early voting will run the first week of June, with election day held on the second Saturday of June.
Plano's Equal Rights ordinance revision last December was a central controversy for the Plano city council and other races. The Plano City Council updated Plano's equal rights ordinance to prohibit discrimination against people because of their military status, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity when it comes to housing, employment and public accommodations. The ordinance provides exemptions for schools, private clubs and religious, political and nonprofit organizations, except those that receive city grants. Public restrooms are excluded from the ordinance. Violations are a misdemeanor, subject to fines. The ordinance was originally passed more than 15 years ago.
