There was a whole new meaning to "rush hour" on Friday, as Austin City Council candidate Randi Shade and supporters worked a downtown street corner, reminding people to vote.

Polls open Saturday morning, and time is running out to get the word out.

"If just everybody would get out and vote, we think we can win this," said Shade. Shade is challenging incumbent Council member Jennifer Kim in Place 3, one of three city council seats up for grabs on Saturday.

Kim spent some time Friday talking with voters at a South Congress coffee shop.

"It's really important that people do vote, because that's how we know that they care about the issues, and I think that I'll have a lot of support tomorrow," said Kim.

The Place 3 race, which has in recent weeks turned into a frenzy of attacks and counterattacks, is expected to be close.

For incumbent Lee Leffingwell, who is facing a challenge from Jason Meeker and Allen Demling in Place One, all the attention on another race could be a plus.

"Some of the other races have taken the oxygen out of the ones remaining, which some would argue is not necessarily a bad thing," said Leffingwell.

Six newcomers are competing in Place Four, where term limits are forcing Councilmember Betty Dunkerly to step down. But so far, early voting totals show only 3.5 percent of registered voters in Travis County have cast a ballot.

"I'm a student and I've just been focused on my personal stuff and I just haven't had time," said Tim Lloyd. It's not too late.

Austin voters will also decide on multimillion dollar bond packages for AISD.

The bond package is broken up into three parts:

-- Proposition 1 -- $188 million -- would pay for high school science lab renovations and additions to meet the new state requirements, and it would also make technology upgrades and address overcrowding.

-- Proposition 2 -- $74 million -- is for health, safety and other renovations.

-- Proposition 3 includes a district-wide performing arts center, land for a south high school and renovations at Anderson High School.

Polls open at 7 a.m. Saturday.