Early voting started on Monday and will continue until Friday, October 31 for the November 4 election. During early voting, registered and eligible voters can vote at any polling location in their county of registration. In addition to the proposed amendments statewide, many voters will have the opportunity to vote in local and special elections.
There are 17 proposed amendments that will be on the statewide ballot for the November 4 election. The ballot order was drawn on June 25th, and is as follows:
- Proposition 1 – SJR 59(Birdwell) Proposes funds to support capital needs of Texas State Technical College programs
- Proposition 2 – SJR 18(Perry) Proposes ban on taxing realized or unrealized capital gains
- Proposition 3 – SJR 5(Huffman) Proposes mandatory bail denial for certain felony offenses
- Proposition 4 – HJR 7(Harris) Proposes dedicating part of sales tax revenue for the Texas water fund
- Proposition 5 – HJR 99(Harris) Proposes tax exemption for retail animal feed inventory
- Proposition 6 – HJR 4(Meyer) Proposes ban on occupation and transaction taxes for certain securities entities
- Proposition 7 – HJR 133(Turner) Proposes homestead tax exemption for spouses of veterans who died from service
- Proposition 8 – HJR 2(Geren) Proposes ban on legislative authority to impose death or inheritance taxes
- Proposition 9 – HJR 1(Meyer) Proposes tax exemption for income-producing personal property
- Proposition 10 – SJR 84(Bettencourt) Proposes temporary tax exemption for homestead improvements destroyed by fire
- Proposition 11 – SJR 85(Bettencourt) Proposes increasing school tax exemption for elderly and disabled homeowners
- Proposition 12 – SJR 27(Huffman) Proposes reforms to judicial conduct oversight and sanction authority in Texas
- Proposition 13 – SJR 2(Bettencourt) Proposes increasing school homestead tax exemption
- Proposition 14 – SJR 3(Huffman) Proposes creating a $3B Dementia Research Institute and fund in Texas
- Proposition 15 – SJR 34(Hughes) Proposes constitutional amendment affirming parental rights and responsibilities
- Proposition 16 – SJR 37(Birdwell) Proposes constitutional amendment requiring voters to be U.S. citizens
- Proposition 17 – HJR 34(Guillen) Proposes tax exemption for security infrastructure on property near Mexico border
Resources:
- The Texas Legislative Council has pulled together an analysis of each proposed constitutional amendment, which can be found here.
- Also, the House Research Organization has released a report on each proposed constitutional amendment, which can be found here.
- Details on voting eligibility and the SAVE Database are available on the Texas Secretary of State site.
- HillCo Partners’ website post regarding the ballot order can be found here.
