Texans in Cameron County are set to vote on a proposal to make the industrial complex Starbase, the headquarters of SpaceX, an official city, Fox 7 Austin reports.

In 2024, SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk moved the company’s headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to Boca Chica on the southeast coast of Texas near Brownsville. Earlier this year, SpaceX filed a request to incorporate the 1.5-square-mile site, which has less than 500 permanent residents, as a Type C municipality called Starbase.

The proposal will appear on the May 3 ballot for voters in Cameron County, who would also elect a mayor and two commissioners to represent residents if the measure is successful. There is currently a single candidate for mayor and only two candidates for commissioners.

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