NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Election Day is Tuesday, November 2, and North Texans will cast their votes on a myriad of local and state issues.
Fort Worth ISD has asked voters to approve $1.5 billion in bond proposals that officials said will pay for renovations and upgrades to middle schools, add a new elementary school, upgrades to fine art facilities, auditoriums, stadiums and rec facilities.
Tarrant County has a bond proposal that includes two propositions. Proposition A is for $400 million in bonds for streets and roads. Proposition B is for $116 million to build and equip new offices for the district attorney’s office.
The City of Mesquite has the mayor and all six city council seats up for grabs. The Cities of Richardson and Lewisville have also put forth bond proposals .
In addition to the local elections, the state is asking voters to approve 8 amendments to the state’s constitution.
Here is a list of the eight amendements.
- Proposition 1: Authorizes professional sports teams and charitable organizations to conduct raffles at rodeo venues.
- Proposition 2: Authorizes a county to issue bonds to fund infrastructure and transportation project in undeveloped and blight areas.
- Proposition 3: Amend the Texas Constitution to prohibit the state4 or any political subdivision from enacting a law, rule, order or proclamation that limits religious services or organizations.
- Proposition 4: Changes the eligibility requirements for the following judicial offices: 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.
- Proposition 5: Authorizes the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct to state that residents of nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, or state-supported living centers have a right to designate as essential caregiver that may not be prohibited from visiting the resident.
- Proposition 7: Amends the Texas Constitution to allow the legislature to extend a homestead tax limit for surviving sounds of disabled individual as long as the spouse is 55 years old and resides at home.
- Proposition 8: Amends the Texas Constitution to allow the legislature to apply a homestead tax exemption for surviving spouses of members of the military to those fatally injured in the line of duty.
Click the links below for election information in your county.
The polls open at 7 am and close at 7 pm.
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