Here's how Tom Green County voted on Tuesday's Election Day

Here's how Tom Green County voted November 7, 2023.
Here's how Tom Green County voted November 7, 2023.

Here's how Tom Green County voted on Election Day, November 7.

More than 6,000 Tom Green County voters made their voices heard on state races in the election Tuesday. No local races were run. There were 14 Texas propositions.

The Texas Secretary of State provided a ballot language document describing each proposition, seen below. Here's how Tom Green County voted on each one.

∙ Proposition 1 - HJR 126 "The constitutional amendment protecting the right to engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management."

Total: 5,671 for the proposition (88.15%) and 762 against (11.85%)

∙ Proposition 2 - SJR 64 "The constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility."

Total: 4,293 for the proposition (67.79%) and 2,040 against (32.21%)

∙ Proposition 3 - HJR 132 "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual wealth or net worth tax, including a tax on the difference between the assets and liabilities of an individual or family."

Total: 4,999 for the proposition (79.07%) and 1,323 against (20.93%)

∙ Proposition 4 - HJR 2 (2nd Special Session) "The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a temporary limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes; to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads from $40,000 to $100,000; to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts; to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations; and to authorize the legislature to provide for a four-year term of office for a member of the board of directors of certain appraisal districts."

Total: 5,725 for the proposition (89.79%) and 651 against (10.21%)

∙ Proposition 5 - HJR 3 "The constitutional amendment relating to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy."

Total: 4,147 for the proposition (65.58%) and 2,177 against (34.42%)

∙ Proposition 6 - SJR 75 "The constitutional amendment creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water projects in this state."

Total: 5,278 for the proposition (82.92%) and 1,087 against (17.08%)

∙ Proposition 7 - SJR 93 "The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas energy fund to support the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities."

Total: 4,628 for the proposition (72.94%) and 1,717 against (27.06%)

∙ Proposition 8 - HJR 125 "The constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects."

Total: 4,313 for the proposition (68.46%) and 1,987 against (31.54%)

∙ Proposition 9 - HJR 2 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas."

Total: 5,500 for the proposition (85.71%) and 917 against (14.29%)

∙ Proposition 10 - SJR 87 "The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation equipment or inventory held by a manufacturer of medical or biomedical products to protect the Texas healthcare network and strengthen our medical supply chain."

Total: 3,716 for the proposition (59.26%) and 2,555 against (40.74%)

∙ Proposition 11 - SJR 32 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to fund the development and maintenance of parks and recreational facilities."

Total: 3,696 for the proposition (61.40%) and 2,324 against (38.60%)

∙ Proposition 12 - HJR 134 "The constitutional amendment providing for the abolition of the office of county treasurer in Galveston County."

Total: 3,365 for the proposition (59.12%) and 2,327 against (40.88%)

∙ Proposition 13 - HJR 107 "The constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory age of retirement for state justices and judges."

Total: 2,655 for the proposition (42.58%) and 3,580 against (57.42%)

∙ Proposition 14 - SJR 74 "The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the centennial parks conservation fund to be used for the creation and improvement of state parks."

Total: 4,786 for the proposition (75.74%) and 1,533 against (24.26%)

This is only how Tom Green County voted, not including state totals for these propositions.

Only 6,471 voters in Tom Green County voted of the 68,859 registered voters, totaling 9.40% in the county.

This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Here's how Tom Green County voted on Tuesday's Election Day