Hi, neighbor!

GENERAL ELECTION VOTING is underway NOW

Your vote is critical
If the sane folks don’t vote, the crazies write & judge the laws that our children will live under.
Please … Be intentional. Pick a time. Schedule a reminder. Follow through.

Here’s our sample ballot: https://api.collincountytx.gov/Elections2APIProxy/elections/75/ballotstyles/39076/content

Vote at any Collin County polling location. Check locations and wait times at https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/polling-locations and click on “November 3, 2026 Uniform Election – Early Voting” or “November 3, 2026 Uniform Election – Election Day”

CANDIDATES

*You can’t use your phone in the polling station,* but you can use the tear-off card provided OR print your own sample ballot using link above, mark your choices, & take it into the voting booth with you.

Vote for every candidate name with “Rep” to the right of it – all the way down the ballot. Candidate information is available at https://www.collincountygop.org/2026candidates/. Also vote for Collin County Appraisal District candidates who have no party identifier: https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/cad-board-election

BOND PROPOSALS

Both Collin County government and Collin County Community College District are seeking voter authorization to issue bonds to borrow money that our taxes will have to repay. See overview at

https://collincountyvotes.com/collin-county-bond-election-guide-101/

I will be voting “For” the Collin County Community College District bond https://collin.edu/bond/ , which the Board expects to be able to repay without raising the existing tax rate.

After several straight years of tax rate increases for Collin County, I will be voting “Against” the four Collin County government bond propositions https://www.collincountytx.gov/public-information/bond-election

See Collin County Judge Chris Hill’s X post from August 16^th at https://x.com/JudgeChrisHill/status/2088982729278808279 where he documents how significantly the rate of county budget growth has outpaced “Population+Inflaction” growth, as shown in the chart below from that post. Also see the subsequent news story related to 2026 county budgeting decisions at https://communityimpact.com/mckinney/government/collin-county-officials-raise-property-tax-rate-for-fy-2026-27/

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Political ad paid for by Keith Patton, Republican precinct 241 chair. Party affiliation and precinct # for identification purposes only. Any opinions are mine only, not necessarily those of Collin County GOP. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

If I can be of any help, please text or call me at (469)825-4994. Please check back often for updates on this and future elections. Leave your email address so I can more readily notify you of updates. Thanks! -- Keith