County Voters Approve 17 Constitutional Amendments
Young County voters approved all 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution in the Nov. 4 general election, all of which passed statewide, according to unofficial results released Tuesday night. With eight of nine polling places reporting, every proposition passed by a wide margin—several with more than 80 or 90 percent support— reflecting a strong local endorsement of statewide tax, infrastructure, and public-service measures. Turnout was 15.8 percent, according to the elections supervisor.
All results remain unofficial until the county canvases ballots, including provisional and late-arriving mail ballots.
Proposition 1 - Sets up two state funds to finance TSTC capital projects/equipment; investments managed by the Comptroller; athletics/auxiliaries excluded.
Local result: 1,324 FOR (67.21%), 646 AGAINST Proposition 2 – Bars a state tax on realized or unrealized capital gains for individuals, families, estates, trusts. Sales/use and property taxes unaffected.
Local result: 1,722 FOR (87.19%), 253 AGAINST Proposition 3 – Requires judges to deny bail in listed violent/ sex-trafficking crimes if the state meets specified proof standards.
Local result: 1,534 FOR (77.95%), 434 AGAINST Proposition 4 – Constitutionally routes a recurring share of sales/use tax to the Texas Water Fund starting in 2027; allows allocations to TWDB accounts; may be suspended in declared disasters.
Local result: 1,379 FOR (69.96%), 592 AGAINST Proposition 5 – Extends tax exemptions on animal feed when it is held as inventory to be sold.
Local result: 1,643 FOR (84.26%), 307 AGAINST Proposition 6 – Bars new taxes on registered securities market operators and taxes on their securities transactions; leaves general business/ sales/mineral/insurance taxes intact.
Local result: 1,435 FOR (74.90%), 481 AGAINST Proposition 7 – Exempts all/part of homestead value for surviving spouses of veterans who died from service-connected conditions, if not remarried.
Local result: 1,795 FOR (91.58%), 165 AGAINST Proposition 8 – Bars new state-level inheritance taxes not in effect on 1/1/2025 and restricts rate/coverage hikes on any existing such levies; multiple exceptions listed.
Local result: 1,805 FOR (91.44%), 169 AGAINST Proposition 9 – Exempts up to $125,000 of a business’s inventory or equipment from being taxed by school district, cities, counties or any other taxing entity.
Local (from Page 3): 1,724 FOR (87.28%), 251 AGAINST Proposition 10 – Grants a time-limited property-tax exemption on a residence-homestead improvement completely destroyed by fire.
Local: 1,784 FOR (90.29%), 192 AGAINST Proposition 11 – Raises the additional school-district homestead exemption for 65+ or disabled from $10,000 to $60,000. 170 Local: 1,245 FOR (64.60%), 683 AGAINST Proposition 12 – Changes Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct’s makeup (six judges appointed by Supreme Court; seven citizens by Governor, all Senate-confirmed), tightens standards, expands suspension authority, adjusts review-tribunal selection.
Local: 1,376 FOR (73.32%), 501 AGAINST Proposition 13 – Lifts the basic school-district homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000.
Local result: 1,775 FOR (90.24%), 192 AGAINST Proposition 14 – Establishes a new state institute and a dedicated fund for research/prevention/ treatment of dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, etc.; transfers $3B from general revenue.
Local result: 1,209 FOR (62.10%), 738 AGAINST Proposition 15 – Affirms a parent’s fundamental right to make decisions regarding a child’s upbringing, care, custody, and control.
Local result: 1,743 FOR (88.39%), 229 AGAINST Proposition 16 – States explicitly that voters must be U.S. citizens. (Federal and Texas law already require citizenship.)
Local result: 1,827 FOR (92.41%), 150 AGAINST Proposition 17 – Exempts the value added to real property in Texas counties bordering Mexico that arises from installing/constructing border-security infrastructure and related improvements.
Local result: 1,647 FOR (84.64%), 299 AGAINST