Early voting begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 for the City of Arlington Street Maintenance Sales Tax Election.

There are five early voting locations in the city. The last day to vote early is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10. Election Day is Saturday, Sept. 14. Arlington has approximately 189,052 registered voters.

Early voting is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following days:

Wednesday through Friday, August 28-30
Tuesday through Saturday, Sept. 3-7
Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 9 and 10

Early voting locations are:

Bob Duncan Community Center - 2800 S. Center St., 76014
Cliff Nelson Recreation Center - 4600 Bardin Road, 76017
Kooken Education Center - 423 N. Center St., 76011
Sherrod Elementary School - 2626 Lincoln Drive, 76006
Turning Point High School - 5618 W. Arkansas Lane, 76016

If approved, one-quarter of one percent of the City’s sales tax will be dedicated to the repair and maintenance of existing, aging streets. Under state law, the City of Arlington has one cent available for local project initiatives. The current sales tax is 7.25 percent.

Arlington city officials estimate the quarter-cent sales tax for street maintenance will generate approximately $10.7 million annually. The tax would expire every four years. Voter approval is required if additional sales tax dollars are to be collected for ongoing street maintenance projects.

If approved, the sales tax would increase to 7.5 percent. In 2001, Arlington’s sales tax rate dropped a half-cent with the early pay off of The Ballpark in Arlington.