City Elections & Voting

The City Clerk manages all municipal elections but contracts with Bexar County Elections Department to operate voting sites and tabulate votes.

Register to vote, request an Application for Ballot by Mail, or find Early Voting and Election Day polling locations and schedules on the Bexar County Elections Department webpage or by calling 210-335-VOTE (210-335-8683).

The next General Election for Mayor and Council is expected to be held May 3, 2025.

Notices

City Charter Amendment Election November 5, 2024

Based on recommendations from the Charter Review Commission, City Council ordered (PDF) six amendments to be placed on the ballot. The Charter Amendment language is below. For additional information on the Charter Amendments see the Voter Information Guide compiled by the Office of the City Clerk.

Voter Information Guide(PDF, 1MB)

Charter Amendments

Proposition A. Ethics Review Board

Shall Article XIII, entitled Ethics Review Board, of the City Charter be amended to add a definition of "conflicts of interest"; require sufficient funding to the Ethics Review Board so it may perform all its assigned duties, and authorize the Ethics Review Board to accept or decline complaints that have been resolved by an entity other than the Ethics Review Board?

Proposition B. Language Modernization

Shall the following sections of the City Charter be amended to revise or eliminate provisions which have been superseded by state law and to update archaic language to current usage: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 53a, 54, 55, 56, 58, 67, 68, Article V.A., 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, Article VIII, 112, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 123A, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, and 136?

Proposition C. City Manager Tenure and Compensation

Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to grant to City Council the authority to set the full terms of the City Manager’s employment including tenure and compensation?

Proposition D. City Employee Political Activity

Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to allow City employees to participate in local political activity consistent with State and Federal law while protecting employees against political retribution and maintaining a general prohibition on participation in local political activity for the city leadership team?

Proposition E. City Council Compensation

Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to set and limit the compensation for City Council members and the Mayor at $70,200 and $87,800 annually with annual future adjustments to correlate to the United States Housing and Urban Development 4-member household median income for San Antonio, and authorize a Council member or the Mayor to decline any or all of the established compensation?

Proposition F. City Council Terms

Shall the Charter of the City of San Antonio be amended to extend the terms of all elected members of City Council, including the Mayor, from two (2) years to four (4) years and changing the term limits from four (4) full terms to two (2) full terms while keeping the terms concurrent?

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New council district boundaries were approved in 2022. Use our interactive mapping tool to verify residency and to find your City Council representative.

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