Approval of the new city and name is all but certain as most of the people eligible to vote are employees of SpaceX or otherwise connected to the company.

Voters in a 1.5-square-mile area in South Texas — near the border with Mexico — are widely expected to vote in favor of incorporating a new town called Starbase. The company behind it is SpaceX.

A 9-foot tall bust of Elon Musk, inspired by the meme “Elon I Drew You / You Are My Hero, Elon,” stands off of Boca Chica Boulevard in Brownsville, Texas, where the tech billionaire is looking to incorporate his first company town. | Photos by Brenda Bazán for POLITICO