Austin's canvass is set for Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. Here is the runoff calendar through the January swearing-in

The Austin City Council plans to make the Nov. 3 election results official at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the council chambers at City Hall. That is the time listed in the City Clerk's runoff election calendar, a one-page document created Nov. 5. Nov. 17 is the 14th day after the election and the last day the council can canvass. The calendar says the council will order the Dec. 12 runoffs the same day.

The calendar adds one caveat: the canvass "could be earlier, pending obtaining the election returns from counties." Austin stretches into Travis, Williamson and Hays counties, and the city needs final returns from each before the council can vote.

As of Tuesday morning, no canvass meeting was posted on the city's Legistar calendar. It listed only committee meetings on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12 and the regular council meeting on Nov. 19. A canvass meeting needs at least three business days' notice, and Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is a state holiday.

Where the count stands

The last late ballots had to arrive by Monday, Nov. 9. That was the deadline for overseas and military ballots and for voters to fix problems with their mail-ballot envelopes in person, according to the Texas Secretary of State's canvass advisory. The early voting ballot board has until Nov. 16 to decide which provisional ballots count and to finish counting.

We tried the Travis County Clerk's results site again on Tuesday, and it returned an error. The most recent race-by-race figures we have are the Nov. 4 news updates in our Nov. 5 story. Those unofficial counts sent Districts 1, 3 and 5 to runoffs. In District 1, Amber Goodwin and Misael Ramos were 73 votes apart, Community Impact reported in an update at 12:17 p.m. Nov. 4. Both were more than 10 points ahead of the third-place finisher, so both advance either way. The official totals come from the canvass.

The calendar from here

These dates come from the city calendar unless noted. The recount and withdrawal deadlines assume a Nov. 17 canvass and come from the state advisory, as our canvass explainer laid out.

• Thursday, Nov. 12: Last day to register to vote in the runoff.
• Tuesday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m.: Canvass, and the order calling the runoffs.
• Thursday, Nov. 19, 2 p.m.: Deadline to request a recount in Districts 1, 3, 5 and 9, which had more than two candidates.
• Friday, Nov. 20, 5 p.m.: Last chance for a runoff candidate to withdraw, three days after the canvass.
• Nov. 30 to Dec. 8: Early voting in person.
• Dec. 1: Applications for a mail ballot must be received by the early voting clerk.
• Dec. 3 to Dec. 11: City pre-election finance reports, for candidates and committees that meet the thresholds in City Code section 2-2-29.
• Dec. 4: Runoff finance reports due from opposed candidates and the committees involved. Our runoff money story has where each candidate stood.
• Saturday, Dec. 12: Runoff Election Day.
• Wednesday, Dec. 23, 10 a.m.: Canvass of the runoff, the last day allowed.
• Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027, 6 p.m.: Swearing-in of the new council members.
• Jan. 15: Semiannual campaign finance reports due.

What our records add

Last year's canvass took about two minutes. The council canvassed the November 2025 election at a special called meeting on Nov. 17, 2025. Mayor Kirk Watson noted that state law requires only two council members for a quorum at a canvass. The resolution passed with six members voting in favor.

Who takes office Jan. 6. Selena Xie, who won District 8 in the unofficial count, would replace Council Member Paige Ellis. Council Member Zohaib "Zo" Qadri would start a second term in District 9. The District 1 winner would replace Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison, who is leaving the council. The District 3 and District 5 runoffs decide whether Council Members José Velásquez and Ryan Alter return.

What's next

Watch the city's meeting notices this week for the posted canvass. If you are not registered at your current address, Thursday is the deadline. Here is how to vote in the runoff.