Property taxes, state parks, water projects, child care: The Star-Telegram explains the 2023 election’s amendments and offers endorsements.
Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.. Its poor construction means Texans have to vote on some picayune matters that apply to small parts or make modest policy changes. But sometimes, there are momentous questions, too. This year, that includes important policies on the future of property taxes, state parks, energy and water.
We observe again that most of these are questions that lawmakers should be able to handle themselves in our republican form of government, with voters holding them accountable in elections if they don’t like the results. But we are where we are, so here’s how we recommend voters respond to each of thebegins Monday and concludes Nov. 3. Election Day is Nov. 7. Each proposition needs a simple majority to pass and be stuffed into the Texas Constitution.
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