With their chairs spaced feet apart in the parking lot of City Hall to maintain social distancing, a quorum of the Elgin City Council called a special meeting on Monday, March 23 to discuss the city’s upcoming council elections. On March 18, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation suspending provisions of the Texas Election Code in order to allow political subdivisions, such as municipalities and school districts, to postpone their May 2 local elections until November 3. On Monday, the Bastrop County Elections Department officially announced that all elections in Bastrop County scheduled for May 2 will be postponed until ...