Everything On Tuesday’s Ballot Passes

Increase to Homestead Exemptions Approved

Texas voters passed all 17 constitutional amendment propositions that were on Tuesday’s election ballot. Here in Fayette County, the vote count roughly mirrored statewide results.

Propositions 11 and 13, which increase homestead exemptions for property taxes, garnered wide support statewide and locally. Proposition 11 increases the homestead exemption for public school taxes on properties owned by elderly or disabled Texans. It passed with 77.68 percent of the vote statewide and with more than 88 percent of the vote in Fayette County.

Proposition 13 raises the homestead exemption on school taxes for all homeowners. It passed with 79.41 percent of the vote statewide and 90.44 percent in Fayette County.

Proposition 10 gathered the most support statewide. This amendment will create a process to temporarily lower property taxes on homes destroyed by fire. Voters statewide approved it with nearly 90 percent of the vote. Fayette County voters gave it nearly 93 percent approval.

The amendment with the least support statewide was Proposition 6, which would prohibit the state from creating new taxes on securities transactions, such as stock trading. It passed with just under 55 percent statewide. Fayette County voters were much more approving, though. Voters here approved it by more than 73 percent.

The amendment with the least support in Fayette County was Proposition 14, although it still passed with nearly 64 percent of the vote here. This amendment will appropriate $3 billion to create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to study dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other brain related conditions. More than a third of Fayette County voters opposed this amendment. Statewide, it passed with about 68.5 percent of the vote.