Election results across East Texas

Posted/updated on: November 4, 2021 at 4:28 am

EAST TEXAS — Tuesday was election day and Texas voter had the opportunity to vote on eight constitutional amendments for the state, each of which were passed by a two-thirds majority in both the Texas House and Senate. According to our news partner KETK, many counties also held elections for local offices and measures.

TEXAS PROPOSITION 1:

For 1,166,916 83.8%
Against 226,404 16.2%

TEXAS PROPOSITION 2:

For 877,761 63.3%
Against 509,921 36.7%

TEXAS PROPOSITION 3:

For 872,716 62.6%
Against 520,737 37.4%

TEXAS PROPOSITION 4:

For 794,242 58.7%
Against 558,079 41.3%

TEXAS PROPOSITION 5:

For 800,017 59.1%
Against 552,710 40.9%

TEXAS PROPOSITION 6:

For 1,216,979 87.9%
Against 167,468 12.1%

TEXAS PROPOSITION 7:

For 1,206,881 87.0%
Against 180,213 13.0%

TEXAS PROPOSITION 8:

For 1,212,338 87.6%
Against 171,579 12.4%

Proposition 1
“The constitutional amendment authorizing the professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association to conduct charitable raffles at rodeo venues.”

This amendment would give professional sports teams, including professional association-sanctioned rodeos, charitable foundations the power to conduct raffles at rodeo venues.

Proposition 2
“The constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county.”

This would give counties the power to issue bonds or notes financed by property tax increases, to create infrastructure and transportation in underdeveloped areas. Many cities already have this authority, but counties do not.

Proposition 3
“The constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations.”

This would ban state and local officials from enacting occupancy limits on religious services or prohibiting them, even during a natural disaster.

Proposition 4
“The constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, a justice of a court of appeals, and a district judge.”

This would revise certain judicial officer’s eligibility requirements. Click here for more information.

Proposition 5
“The constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office.”

This would allow the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate candidates running for officer, not just people who currently hold an office.

Proposition 6
“The constitutional amendment establishing a right for residents of certain facilities to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.”

This would allow certain assisted living center residents to choose a person to serve as their caregiver and get in-person visitation privileges.

Proposition 7
“The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse’s residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person’s death.”

Proposition 7 allows a surviving spouse to keep getting a limitation on school district property taxes if the disabled deceased spouse was 55 or older at the time of their death.

Proposition 8
“The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.”

This would give the surviving spouse of an armed service member who was killed or injured in the line of duty a property tax exemption.

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