A Texas county on Wednesday approved holding an election sought by SpaceX that would let residents living around billionaire Elon Musk 's company decide whether to formally create a new city called Starbase.
The election was set for May 3 and votes can only be cast by residents living near the launch site which is currently part of an unincorporated area of Cameron County, located along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño said the county reviewed the petition and found it met the state's requirements for the incorporation process to move forward.
More than 3,400 full-time SpaceX employees and contractors work at the Starbase site, according to a local impact study issued by the county last year.
“If the election passes, this will be the newest town in Cameron County since Los Indios in 1995,” Treviño said in a statement.
