Tuesday, Nov. 4 is Election Day + we’re doing our civic duty with another quick ballot breakdown.
Tarrant County residents can expect to see on 17 constitutional amendments. Early voting already began on Oct. 20, and ends this Friday, Oct. 31. If you are not going to vote early, check your polling location and head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Constitutional Amendments
Proposition 1 | Establishes the Permanent Technical Institution Infrastructure Fund and the Available Workforce Education Fund as special funds in the state treasury to support the Texas Technical College System
Proposition 2 | Prohibits a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust
Proposition 3 | Requires judges or magistrates to deny bail to individuals accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony if there is clear and convincing evidence that the accused will not reappear in court or is a danger to the community
Proposition 4 | Authorizes the state legislature to allocate sales tax revenue that exceeds the first $46.5 billion with a maximum of $1 billion per fiscal year to the state water fund and authorize the state legislature, by a two-thirds vote, to adjust the amount allocated
Proposition 5 | Establishes a property tax exemption on animal feed held by the owner of the property for retail sale
Proposition 6 | Prohibits the enactment of laws that impose taxes on entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or on certain securities transactions
Proposition 7 | Establishes a property tax homestead exemption on all or part of the market value of the homestead of a surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected disease
Proposition 8 | Prohibits the state legislature from enacting laws imposing taxes on a decedent’s property or the transfer of an estate
Proposition 9 | Authorizes the state legislature to exempt $125,000 of the market value of personal tangible property used for income production from taxes
Proposition 10 | Provides a temporary homestead exemption for improvements made to residences destroyed by fire
Proposition 11 | Increases the property tax exemption from $10,000 to $60,000 of the market value for homesteads owned by elderly or disabled individuals
Proposition 12 | Changes the composition of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, provides for a temporary tribunal to review the commission’s recommendations, and changes the authority governing judicial misconduct
Proposition 13 | Increases the property tax exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 of the market value of a homestead
Proposition 14 | Establishes the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with $3 billion from the general fund
Proposition 15 | Provides that parents have the right “to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent’s child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child’s upbringing”
Proposition 16 | Amends the Texas Constitution to provide that “persons who are not citizens of the United States” cannot vote
Proposition 17 | Authorizes the state legislature to provide for a property tax exemption for the construction of border infrastructure on property located in a county that borders Mexico
