Cameron County judge schedules Starbase election for April
Feb. 12—Cameron County announced Wednesday afternoon that an election has been scheduled to decide whether Starbase, Texas, can be legally incorporated as a Type-C municipality.
SpaceX submitted an Incorporation Petition to the county on Dec. 12. After careful review by county Judge Eddie Trevino Jr., the county elections administrator and commission civil legal division, he signed an order "finding satisfactory proof in support of the statutory requirements being met for petition for incorporation."
"The incorporation petition submitted was duly signed by at least 10% of the qualified voters of Starbase, Texas," according to the county.
"Additionally, the petition satisfied the statutorily required elements and set forth satisfactory proof that Starbase contains the requisite number of inhabitants as required by law and the area to be incorporated is not part of another incorporated city or town."
With those conditions met, Trevino was required under Section 8.009 of the Texas Local Government Code to order an election.
The election will take place as part of the general election on May 3 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the "HUB," 39046 LBJ Blvd., Brownsville, Texas 78521.
Early voting will take place at the same location April 22-25 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., April 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and April 28-29 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
"If the election passes, this will be the newest town in Cameron County since Los Indios in 1995," Trevino said. "We look forward to seeing the outcome of this election."
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