Austin United PAC sued the city of Austin after the city clerk invalidated its petition for a charter amendment that would halt the $1.6 billion project if approved by voters during the next election. The clerk cited a lack of sufficient signatures from eligible Austin voters, but the group has said the clerk improperly disqualified those of residents living in the city’s extraterritorial and limited-purpose jurisdictions.
“While we respect the Court, we are surprised and strongly disagree with this outcome,” the PAC wrote in a press release Friday that said it was exploring its options.
In an appeal to the state’s highest civil court filed Tuesday, the group said the city clerk “disenfranchised Austin voters in violation of state law and the Austin charter” and asked the court to compel the city clerk “to certify the petitioned ordinance as valid, submit it to the City Council for placement on the May 2026 ballot, and correct improper disqualifications of voter signatures from Austin’s extraterritorial and limited-purpose jurisdictions.”
The deadline for Austin City Council to call a May election is Friday.