An election on Saturday is likely to incorporate a new city on the southern tip of Texas dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.
Local residents are voting on incorporating a patch of land known as Boca Chica Village as a new municipality called Starbase.
Most of the 283 eligible voters are SpaceX employees, and most voted early, according to county records.
The creation of a new municipality would establish a local government with a mayor and two commissioners that would have power over planning, taxation and other local issues. But some nearby residents have opposed the measure and accuse the company of harming the local environment.