Texas November 2021 Election

This would require APD to employ at least two police officers per 1,000 residents at all times and to host three cadet classes per year until at least 1,959 full-time officers are on the force. At least 35% of patrol officer time would be uncommitted time for community engagement. It also mandates police training for some city officials and their staff. City staff estimate it could cost $271.5 million-$598.8 million over five years. Save Austin Now, the PAC that petitioned to have the proposition on the ballot, successfully sued the city to have the official ballot language on the left used, instead of City Council’s version, which it said outlined the details of the proposal. The Texas Supreme Court ruled SAN’s language would be used, but added the caveat that it would have to include the proposition’s cost as estimated by city staff.

The city is asking for permission to lease or sell 9 acres along Lakeshore Boulevard for a mixture of new waterfront land and funds.

Reauthorization of the Local Sales and Use Tax in the City of Sunset Valley, Texas at the rate of one-fourth of one percent to provide revenue for the maintenance and repair of municipal streets. The tax expires on the fourth anniversary of the date of this election unless the imposition of the tax is reauthorized.

Whether the City of Sunset Valley Crime Control and Prevention District should be continued for five (5) years and the crime control and prevention district sales tax should be continued for five (5) years.

This proposition allows voters to decide whether charities for teams sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or Women’s Professional Rodeo Association can hold charitable raffles. These raffles need to be approved through a constitutional amendment to avoid falling foul of Texas’ gambling laws.

Proposition 2 will determine whether counties can authorize bonds or notes to finance development in blighted or underserved areas. The amendment is a shortcut for county funding and could help urban counties going through a population boom.

This proposition will decide if state or local governments can limit religious services. This measure likely stems from COVID-19 mitigation efforts in 2020, when in-person religious services were limited in parts of Texas, such as Harris and Fort Bend counties.

This proposition would update requirements to serve on the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the Texas Appeals Court or as a district judge. It would require 10 years of service as a practicing lawyer or a combined 10 years of service in legal practice and as a judge of a state or county court.

Voters can decide whether the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, which is responsible for disciplining sitting judges, can extend its powers to candidates for the office of a judge in Texas, allowing the commission to conduct investigations, accept complaints and disqualify candidates not in office.

Proposition 6 asks voters to decide whether residents of facilities such as nursing homes have the right to determine an essential caregiver who can visit without restrictions. This proposition likely stemmed from COVID-19 mitigation measures affecting some care facilities.

This will determine whether surviving spouses of disabled people can receive limitations on the amount of property taxes they pay on their homesteads, provided they were age 55 or older when their partner died.

Proposition 8 allows voters to decide whether surviving spouses of armed service members who died in the line of duty will be exempted from all or part of property taxes on homesteads.