Taylor County Residents Accept 8 Amendments

All proposed amendments to the Texas constitution were passed on Tuesday in Taylor County, unofficial results show.

Voters were weighing eight amendments in the joint constitutional amendment election, with residents of Trent weighing in on Proposition A.

Only 26 people voted in this election, including 24 in favor of adding a 2% local sales tax. Fifteen voted in advance, of which 11 voted on Tuesday.

Overall, the vote was light, with just 5,384 of the 82,559 registered county voters voting. It is 6.52%.

All the amendments were adopted when the absentee and early vote totals were announced. Final totals arrived after 9 p.m.

Proposal 6, which sought to grant a designated caregiver visitation rights to a resident of a nursing home or a publicly funded assisted living facility or residential center, attracted the most great support at the local level, with 92%.

The closest margin of success was 59% for propositions 2, 4 and 5.

Total votes in Taylor County

These totals are final but unofficial.

â–º Proposal 1: Allows professional sports to teach charities to hold raffles at rodeo venues.

Yes: 4,197

No: 1,141

â–º Proposition 2: Allows a county to issue bonds to finance infrastructure and transportation projects in disaster areas.

Yes: 3 177

No: 2,149

â–º Proposition 3: Prohibit the state or any political subdivision from adopting any law, rule, order or proclamation that restricts religious services or organizations.

Yes: 4,183

No: 1 167

â–º Proposition 4: Modifies the eligibility requirements for the following judicial offices: a judge of the supreme court, a judge of the criminal appeal court, a judge of an appeal court and a district judge.

Yes: 3,092

No: 1 167

â–º Proposition 5: Authorizes the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct to accept and investigate complaints and reports against candidates for judicial office in the state.

Yes: 3,122

No: 2,091

â–º Proposition 6: Residents of state-subsidized care establishments, assisted living facilities or nursing homes have the right to designate an essential caregiver who cannot be prohibited from visiting the resident.

Yes: 4,903

No: 428

â–º Proposition 7: Allows the legislature to extend a homestead tax limit for surviving spouses of people with disabilities as long as the spouse is 55 and resides at home.

Yes: 4 788

No: 544

â–º Proposition 8: Allows the legislature to apply a homestead tax exemption for surviving military spouses to those fatally injured in the line of duty.

Yes: 4,822

No: 516

Callahan County

BAIRD

Municipal Council (vote for 3):

Hector Aquirre – 67

Debbie Smedley Moorehead – 57

David Parkhill – 76

Saundra Collins – 72

BAIRD ISD

Directors (vote for 3):

William Johnson – 41

Royce McAdams – 111

Kenneth Brock – 118

Lori Higgins – 110

CLYDE

Board member (vote for 2):

Danny A. White – 139

Paul McGuire – 152

Michael Houston – 29

Comanche Comanche

GUSTINE

School board (vote for 4):

Paul Butterfras – 17

Wade Luker – 100

Manuel Gomez – 42

James littlejohn – 94

Angel Nicolas Escamilla – 56

Araceli González – 27

Chrystal Pope Drew – 73

County of Erath

Proposal A: Legal sale of alcoholic beverages, including mixed drinks

For – 2,655

Against – 935

Haskell County

ISD STREAM PAINT

Proposal A: Security deposit of $ 5,985,000 for the construction and improvement of school facilities and buses

For – 36

Against – 11

Proposition B: $ 400,000 obligation for the construction of housing for teachers

For – 35

Against – 12

Mills County

PRIDDY ISD

Proposal A: $ 1,395,000 for the construction of sports facilities

For – 54

Against – 44

County of Runnels

BALLINGER

Town Council Place 1:

Ken Manley – 28

Rachelle williams – 14

MILES

Mayor:

Tammy Pitt – 58

John Glass – 53

Alderman (vote for 2):

Paul Sklenarik – 87

Tony Dillon – 40

Janice Alexandre – 59

NORTH COURSES HOSPITAL DISTRICT

Members of the board of directors (vote for 3):

Brandon Davis – 167

Zelda Stewart – 92

Bobbie Collom – 205

Alicia Colburn – 213

Steve Esquivel – 176

WINTER

Mayor:

Chris Holloway – 49

Jack Davis Jr. – 56

Mark D. Burkhart – 107

Town Council Place 1:

Eva reyna – 3

Elmer L. Buckelew – 11

Town Council Place 3:

Clayton Woffenden – 22

Stephen joeris – 18

Taylor County

TRENT

Proposal A: Adoption of 2% local sales tax

For: 24

Against: 2