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(Bob Daemmrich)
Waving American flags and chanting "stop the steal," Trump supporters gathered in front of the governor's mansion on Saturday to once more protest the results of the presidential election.
<p>Estimates from local media put the rally's attendance at several hundred people, with more honking from a vehicle procession decked out in Trump campaign flags.</p><p>The event, which happened alongside a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/14/million-maga-march-dc-protests/" target="_blank">similar demonstration at the U.S. Capitol</a>, is in response to the unproven claims of voter fraud in the election. </p><p>Just <a href="https://austonia.com/election-protest-recap" target="_blank">last week</a>, hundreds poured into Austin's downtown to celebrate after the Associated Press declared Democratic candidate Joe Biden the winner. But Trump supporters also showed up, contesting Biden's win.</p><p>The Trump campaign filed lawsuits in several key states won by Biden, but they have been repeatedly ruled against or dismissed entirely in the past week. Judges in Pennsylvania on Friday threw out several lawsuits that would have tossed out nearly 9,000 mail-in ballots. </p><p>Biden received <a href="https://traviscounty.totalvote.com/results/fed" target="_blank">72% of the vote</a> in blue Travis County. He also won most of the vote in nearby Williamson and Hays counties. Trump won Texas as a whole, however, with <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=presidential+results&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS904US904&oq=presidential+results&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j0i433l2j0l3j69i60.3100j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">5.6% more of the vote</a> than Biden as of Monday, with 99% of votes counted.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>More on election results: </strong></p>
<h2><a href="https://austonia.com/election-protest-recap" target="_self">Update: Biden celebration faces off with Trump protests in downtown Austin over weekend</a></h2>
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A driver going through downtown Austin Saturday waves the crucifix to Austinites celebrating Joe Biden's win.
Waving a crucifix from her car window, a rabid Trump supporter drove between the Biden celebration crowd and the Trump protest crowd in downtown Austin on Saturday, as captured on video by Austonia.
<p>The driver shouted at the crowd of celebrating supporters of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. </p><p>"The future of this country is at stake," she said, while her passenger waved a Trump flag from the window.</p>
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<p>In a nationwide trend, the crucifix has become a symbol for some of Trump's most loyal supporters, who believe the president's assertions that the election was unfair. They believe he is being "persecuted," on a level that they compare to the persecution and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.<br/></p><p>The crucifix is among Christianity's most sacred icons, representing suffering and self-sacrifice for the greater good.</p>
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(Laura Figi/Austonia)
With the announcement of Joe Biden securing the presidency on Saturday, Austinites on both sides of the political spectrum gathered by the hundreds at the Texas Capitol to celebrate the president-elect and rally for President Donald Trump.
<p>Starting around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, people gathered on 11th Street and Congress Avenue, congregating by their favored party. The street separated the two groups as vehicles honking passed through the streets decked out in flags reading "Biden Harris 2020" or "Keep America Great."</p><p>With police guarding each side of the street, there was chanting, dancing, yelling, sign-waving and commotion into the evening.</p>
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(Laura Figi/Austonia)
<p>Austinites took to Congress in celebration of the newly-elected president, donning signs in support of their cause and beliefs. </p>
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(Emma Freer/Austonia)
<p>Biden supporters took a corner, whereas Trump supporters gathered in front of the Capitol building and across the street.</p><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDc2MjQ1MS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NTk3NTkyOH0.bryvjLzi_6xzIukBr8wjevm0_K1rWntWULyK8f89QGU/img.jpg?width=980" id="bbfd9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="729739c04be398358fa74601e09f1f9f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />
(Joe Lanane/Austonia)
<p>The Trump side brought their signs as well, along with flags, megaphones and merchants selling garb for those who forgot theirs at home.</p>
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(Laura Figi/Austonia)
<p>Police officers surrounded the area, guarding each side of the street. Though thousands of people showed up to the demonstration, only one was arrested: Darius Berkley. Berkley was arrested for pulling a knife on another protester after telling several attendees to leave.</p>
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(Emma Freer/Austonia)
Austinites, both in support of President-elect Joe Biden and current President Donald Trump, have taken to the streets of downtown Austin after the results of the presidential race were called earlier today.
<p>In front of the Texas Capitol, the street separated the Biden and Trump supporters congregating on Congress Avenue and 11th Street. Police and State Troopers were present in the area, containing the crowds as cars with various flags honked their horns and drove by. </p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a233f2a36bfc2a69ed31606911c375f0" id="b7fa9"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1325188215762870273"><div style="margin:1em 0">Law enforcement presence on the rise https://t.co/QVjxBBeF3b</div> — Austonia (@Austonia)<a href="https://twitter.com/austonianews/statuses/1325188215762870273">1604784466.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Some showed up to the Capitol as early as 12:30 p.m. While there were more Trump supporters initially, there are more Biden supporters into the evening.<br/></p><p>On the Biden side of the street, supporters for the president-elect waved signs of peace. As vehicles with Trump flags drove by, different chants erupted from the crowd, including "Fuck Donald Trump" and "Lose and go home."<br/></p>
<p><br/></p><p>Bimh Li, an Austin resident attended the rally in support of Biden.</p><p>"I was ecstatic (when Biden won Pennsylvania)," Li said. </p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">(Emma Freer/Austonia)</small></p><p>Traffic increased in the area into the afternoon. The Austin Police Department tweeted at 2 and 4 p.m. to avoid the area. </p><p>David Lee Snow and David Sumnall said they both helped organize the Trump rally in Austin from Dallas because they believe the counting of the votes was an unfair process that involved fraud. <br/></p><p>"We feel like this election has had enough questionable activity, and we just want it to be fair," Snow said. "We can deal with whatever results if it's a fair process, but there's too much fraud ... We want every legitimate vote counted and if we lose, we lose."</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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(Michael Stravato/The Texas Tribune)
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has clinched enough states to win the 270 electoral votes needed to become president, The Associated Press declared on Saturday, a day after Decision Desk HQ also called the race for Biden. His victory was cemented after Pennsylvania was called for the two-term former vice president under Barack Obama.
<p>Various news outlets report that Biden is also ahead of President Donald Trump in Georgia and Arizona, two states that voted in Trump's favor in 2016. (Georgia's secretary of state <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/06/georgia-election-official-recount-434703" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">says the state</a> is headed to a recount.) With several states still counting ballots, Biden leads Trump by about 4 million votes nationwide as of Saturday morning.</p><p>Trump has refused to concede. Shortly after Decision Desk HQ called the election in Biden's favor Friday morning, Matt Morgan, the Trump 2020 campaign general counsel, released a statement claiming the election is "not over."</p><p>"The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final," Morgan said in a statement, referring to Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania.</p><p>Trump's campaign filed legal challenges to contest the election results in three battleground states. Judges in two of those cases — in <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/05/trump-michigan-lawsuit-ballot-counting-case-dismissed/6173871002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michigan</a> and <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-judge-dismisses-trump-campaign-case-in-chatham-ballot-dispute/YKBA6IYQKBB4JCSQEIJBQQT6QI/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Georgia</a> — tossed out the lawsuits because the campaign failed to provide evidence that laws were broken. A federal judge <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-nixes-trump-bid-to-stop-philadelphia-vote-count" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">also denied the campaign's request</a> to stop counting votes in Philadelphia, but ordered election officials to expand the number of people allowed in the room. The president's campaign seeks to intervene in another pending Pennsylvania case stemming from mail-in ballots received after Election Day but before Friday's deadline.</p><p>The Nevada Republican Party also asked the Department of Justice to investigate its baseless allegation that thousands of nonresidents cast ballots in the state. A DOJ official is reviewing the claim, USA Today reports.</p><p>Biden, meanwhile, projected confidence throughout the week. On Twitter, he said he and his campaign "continue to feel very good" and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/politics/biden-campaign-briefing/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">urged his supporters to stay calm</a>. Friday night as his margins expanded in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Nevada, he and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, spoke to supporters in Wilmington, Del. Biden stopped short of declaring victory but said: "We're going to win this race."</p><p>A Biden win would be historic: Not only did Biden break the record for the most number of votes <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/04/biden-breaks-obama-votes-record-434057" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cast for any presidential candidate</a>, but if Democrats take the White House, Harris would be the first woman and first person of color to become vice president.</p><p>Decision Desk and The Associated Press called the election for Trump days after Trump prematurely — and falsely — declared victory in the election. On Thursday night, as polls showed the gap in vote totals narrowing in Georgia and Pennsylvania, the president spoke in the White House briefing room, saying "it's amazing how those mail-in ballots are so one-sided" in favor of Democrats. (His statement came after the president spent months discouraging Republican voters from voting by mail, with the exception of Florida, and baselessly sowing doubt about the validity of those votes. Trump won Florida in both 2016 and 2020.)</p><p>Trump, who <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/03/trump-biden-texas-presidential/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">won Texas on Tuesday</a> by roughly 6 points after winning by 9 in 2016, also railed against pre-election polls, saying they amounted to voter suppression — without explanation or proof.</p><p>And he doubled down on calls to end vote counting in states where the vote count at the time showed him in the lead while encouraging election officials to continue where he trailed Biden.</p><p>After speaking Thursday, Trump left the briefing room without taking questions. His claims followed a similar speech early Wednesday morning. In that speech, held inside the historic East Room of the White House, Trump falsely claimed victory in states in which millions of ballots had not yet been counted. He proceeded to allege without any evidence that Democrats are stealing the election by continuing to count votes already cast and threatened to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.</p>
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The tense climate from not knowing the presidential results has taken a strain on many, but TikTok users are taking that tension and turning it into views and likes, with a dash of escapism.
<p>Everyone needs a break from the news now and then but if breaking away feels impossible, these TikTok users will get you laughing while keeping you engaged.<br/></p><p>Here are a few TikToks by Texans to make you laugh a little. </p>
<p class="">With new information coming in constantly and recounts looming, the election results could be a ways away or they could be right around the corner—it's 2020 after all.</p>
'The swing state wait'
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<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@seansolotx/video/6889518533458398469" data-video-id="6889518533458398469" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;" > <section> <a target="_blank" title="@seansolotx" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@seansolotx">@seansolotx</a> <p>Let’s make this election fun <a title="welldone" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/welldone">#WellDone</a> <a title="wewintogether" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wewintogether">#WeWinTogether</a> <a title="showupshowoff" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/showupshowoff">#ShowUpShowOff</a> <a title="texascheck" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/texascheck">#texascheck</a> <a title="starwars" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/starwars">#starwars</a> <a title="xyzbca" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/xyzbca">#xyzbca</a> <a title="electionweek" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/electionweek">#electionweek</a> <a title="election2020" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election2020">#election2020</a> <a title="earlyvoting" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/earlyvoting">#earlyvoting</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Imperial March (From "Star Wars") - Divert'in Brass" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Imperial-March-From-Star-Wars-6732758775519774721">♬ Imperial March (From "Star Wars") - Divert'in Brass</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>Election at UT
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@tpose4life/video/6891041395465932037" data-video-id="6891041395465932037" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;" > <section> <a target="_blank" title="@tpose4life" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tpose4life">@tpose4life</a> <p>Election Day at UT is gonna be a showdown! <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">#fyp</a> <a title="foryoupage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryoupage">#foryoupage</a> <a title="utaustin" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/utaustin">#utaustin</a> <a title="utaustintexas" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/utaustintexas">#utaustintexas</a> <a title="election2020" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election2020">#election2020</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Main Theme) - Ennio Morricone" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/The-Good-The-Bad-and-The-Ugly-Main-Theme-6764014591019059201">♬ The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Main Theme) - Ennio Morricone</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>Clowning
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@thatguynamedabe/video/6891411195694189830" data-video-id="6891411195694189830" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;" > <section> <a target="_blank" title="@thatguynamedabe" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thatguynamedabe">@thatguynamedabe</a> <p>Texas got me over here like 🤡 <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">#fyp</a> <a title="election2020" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election2020">#election2020</a> <a title="biden2020" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/biden2020">#biden2020</a> <a title="texas" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/texas">#texas</a> <a title="texan" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/texan">#texan</a> <a title="foryou" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou">#foryou</a> <a title="clown" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clown">#clown</a> <a title="funny" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/funny">#funny</a> <a title="houston" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/houston">#houston</a> <a title="dallas" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dallas">#dallas</a> <a title="austin" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/austin">#austin</a> <a title="sanantonio" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sanantonio">#sanantonio</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Benny Hill - Générique de la série TV / Main theme - The Edwin Davids Jazz Band" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Benny-Hill-Générique-de-la-série-TV-Main-theme-316443091660652544">♬ Benny Hill - Générique de la série TV / Main theme - The Edwin Davids Jazz Band</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>No double votes
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@damnitruth/video/6887972456984857861" data-video-id="6887972456984857861" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;" > <section> <a target="_blank" title="@damnitruth" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@damnitruth">@damnitruth</a> <p>Voting in 2020 has been an experience. <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">#fyp</a> <a title="election" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election">#election</a> <a title="election2020" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election2020">#election2020</a> <a title="austin" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/austin">#austin</a> <a title="traviscounty" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/traviscounty">#traviscounty</a> <a title="atx" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/atx">#atx</a> <a title="vote" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/vote">#vote</a> <a title="votehimout" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/votehimout">#votehimout</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - DamnitRuth" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6887972524819254022">♬ original sound - DamnitRuth</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>But once it's all over...
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@kashi_054/video/6891504073489665286" data-video-id="6891504073489665286" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;" > <section> <a target="_blank" title="@kashi_054" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kashi_054">@kashi_054</a> <p><a title="greenscreen" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/greenscreen">#greenscreen</a> <a title="election2020" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election2020">#election2020</a> <a title="election" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/election">#election</a> <a title="2020" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/2020">#2020</a> <a title="texasgirl" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/texasgirl">#texasgirl</a> <a title="favourite" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/favourite">#favourite</a> <a title="viral" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/viral">#viral</a> <a title="foryou" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou">#foryou</a> <a title="foryourepage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryourepage">#foryourepage</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - BruceCrawford" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6836931708139375365">♬ original sound - BruceCrawford</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
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Election night ended two days ago but the presidential race is still dragging on, and some Austinites are starting to get antsy.
<p>With hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be counted in five key battleground states—Alaska, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania—this election is a nail-biter. </p><p>Nervous feelings are being shared among many on social media; the waiting game is testing people's patience.<br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="55462b32945fa78939d2f3db91b1e005" id="f51a0"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1323819747327332353"><div style="margin:1em 0">logging in from beneath my blanket fort to check the election results https://t.co/ZyOJI8cBB6</div> — the sleepytime owl 😴🧙♀️ (@the sleepytime owl 😴🧙♀️)<a href="https://twitter.com/SketchesbyBoze/statuses/1323819747327332353">1604458197.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="37f82af47819788a0884be66ef6852e0" id="3334b"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1323789296726364161"><div style="margin:1em 0">Watching this election is like swimming a no breath 400 IM with jeans on in the Atlantic Ocean.</div> — Kyle Sockwell (@Kyle Sockwell)<a href="https://twitter.com/kylesockwell/statuses/1323789296726364161">1604450937.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Andrei Matei, who has been living in Austin for more than 20 years now, said he is shocked by the closeness of the presidential race.<br/></p><p>"I'm very surprised that the race is as tight as it is at the national level right now," Matei said. "I've never seen our country more divided than it is now."</p><p>Austinites are reminding each other to remain calm, knowing the results would not be in anytime soon.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fe290c425d26a40e50eb53b55e2744b3" id="bfe40"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1323853759496282112"><div style="margin:1em 0">A reminder to all, we will not know who won the election tonight. Likely not for several days or more. Don't stay u… https://t.co/I151d7nCeV</div> — Jeremy Dooley (@Jeremy Dooley)<a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyNDooley/statuses/1323853759496282112">1604466306.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Others, like Austinite Rachel Wilson, are awaiting results calmly, with the attitude that whatever happens, happens.<br/></p><p>"The presidential election is close as expected," Wilson said. "Regardless of the outcome we will all be OK. In life, and in politics, no defeat or victory is permanent."</p><p>Some locals are choosing to laugh the election nerves away, poking fun at the states the country is waiting on.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="06e2be2f1feb7ef3a0e27913f785a31d" id="a4af9"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1324154353033355267"><div style="margin:1em 0">In this election Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin showed up like https://t.co/lu6qY5Psd5</div> — Joe Vargas (@Joe Vargas)<a href="https://twitter.com/AngryJoeShow/statuses/1324154353033355267">1604537974.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Above all else, distraction via hanging with your pup, getting outside or grabbing a bite are popular choices for this election.<br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cdd9dfdce1e6d8589181369d4ebe47c4"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/thecarefreecanine/posts/2751327758456745"></div></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7bbdabe4c0dd222b2448ce064fb32c0b"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/rickdavis56/posts/4065865583441977"></div></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="030b4ceb55b5426836f37b98ce6aacfa"><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/lamontagne76/posts/10221437853127022"></div></div><p>Texas has already had a tense election cycle. In the midst of COVID-19, this election was destined to be different than years prior. With six extra days of early voting in Texas, residents did their part by casting their vote.<br/></p><p>In the months leading up to the election, Texas appeared to be a swing state with Republicans and Democrats neck and neck, keeping residents on the edge of their seats into election night.</p><p>Though Texas' 38 Electoral College votes will go to President Donald Trump, the election is still undecided. According to the Associated Press, Biden currently has 264 electoral votes and Trump at 214 electoral votes of the 270 needed to win office. With at least five states yet to confirm a lead, the race is still not over.</p><p><strong>More on waiting:</strong></p>
<h2><a href="https://austonia.com/ajc-during-election" target="_self">As the presidential election hangs in the balance, Austin progressive groups look to council runoffs and 2021 legislative session</a></h2>
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Bridge Point Elementary School in Eanes ISD
Eanes ISD voters approved a tax rate shift that adds $3.3 million to the school district's budget without increasing taxes.
<p>Proposition A, or the "<a href="https://www.eanesisd.net/community/pennyswap-2020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Penny Swap</a>" proposal, passed with 63.17% of all votes counted Tuesday. The proposition allows the district to shift its funding formula to use money from its maintenance and operations tax rate to fund routine operations—money that would otherwise be lost to the state's recapture rules, which redistribute local tax revenue across Texas.</p><p>"We are incredibly thankful to our community for its support of our students, teachers and staff and voting to keep $3.3 million local," Eanes ISD Superintendent Dr. Tom Leonard said in a statement. "This approval is crucial to our budget and our efforts to recruit and retain quality staff, maintain class sizes and operate with a small surplus rather than a deficit."</p><p>The Eanes ISD tax rate decreases slightly, ultimately resulting in no increase to residential tax bills by evenly shifting the tax burden from the maintenance and operations rate to the debt services rate, <a href="https://communityimpact.com/austin/lake-travis-westlake/election/2020/11/03/early-election-results-show-6317-of-voters-in-favor-of-eanes-isd-tax-rate-election/" target="_blank">according to Community Impact</a>.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1aa4bb060ae36ab9a5c5f6b308890f6e"><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="true" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=352200955894106"></div></div><p>"During these unprecedented times, it is wonderful to see our school district continues to have the support of the community," Board president Jennifer Champagne said in a statement. "That backing plays an important role in maintaining a quality education for our children and a supportive environment for our staff. We are thankful, humbled and committed to continuing a path of excellence in our schools."<br/></p><p>The school district has paid a combined $1.1 billion in recapture payments to the state since the education financing system was established in 1993. </p><p>"About 66% of the tax payers local dollars leave our district every year," <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/your-local-election-hq/eanes-isd-residents-to-decide-on-penny-swap-to-keep-more-money-under-local-control/" target="_blank">Leonard told KXAN</a> before the election. "They write the check to Eanes ISD, and then I write a check immediately for about $100 million to the state of Texas."</p><p>On another note, Eanes ISD could potentially lose money from the state <a href="https://communityimpact.com/austin/lake-travis-westlake/education/2020/10/23/eanes-isd-sees-dip-in-enrollment-numbers/" target="_blank">for decreased district enrollment</a> this school year.</p>
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