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Yes or no? Here are the propositions North Texas voters approved and denied

Here are the school bond proposals and city charter changes DFW voters approved and voted down.
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Voters wait in line at the University of Texas Co-op to cast their ballots in the March 1, 2016 primary elections.

DALLAS — Voters Tuesday weighed in on everything from the president, U.S. Senate and House races, local officials, and various city charter changes and bond elections.

Follow full election results here.

Here are the local propositions North Texas voters greenlit Tuesday:

  • Dallas voters approved 16 of 18 city charter amendments. Here’s our full breakdown of how the vote on the Dallas charter amendments went.
  • Balch Springs Proposition A, which amends the city charter to clarify the mayor’s roles and responsibilities.
  • Balch Springs Proposition B, which amends the city charter to set a term limit for the mayor pro tem to one consecutive one-year term.
  • Balch Springs Proposition C, which amends the city charter to clarify that the mayor pro tem is subject to the same rights, duties and obligations as the mayor when serving as acting mayor.
  • Balch Springs Proposition D, which allows for electronic voting by council members at city council meetings.
  • Balch springs Proposition E, which changes the city charter to have the police chief and fire chief report to the city manager and gives the city manager the authority to appoint, suspend or remove the police chief and fire chief.
  • Balch Springs Proposition F, which changes the city charter to add processing mayor and city council travel and training requests, maintaining records and securing preauthorization.
  • Balch Springs Proposition G, which prohibits the mayor and city council members from holding any of the city council-appointed positions.
  • Balch Springs Proposition H, which would change the city charter to require eligible candidates for elected office to either file a petition of 100 signatures or pay a filing fee of $200 to run for office
  • Proposition I, which would change the city charter to reduce the number of alternates who serve as voting members when requested by the chair of the city’s charter review commission.
  • Proposition J, which would change the city’s charter to require the city’s charter review commission to elect a chair and vice chair of the commission.
  • Proposition K, which would change the city charter to define a quorum of the city’s charter review commission.
  • Coppell ISD voter approval tax ratification election, which ratified the ad valorem tax rate of  1.0343 in the district for the current year, which marks an 8.28% increase in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district.
  • Highland Park ISD Proposition A, which is a $137 million-plus bond election that will fund work on campuses, equipment for school safety, new buses and more.
  • Sunnyvale ISD Propositions A-C, which include nearly $78 million in bonds for work on school facilities, security equipment and improvements, nearly $17 million in bonds for a new multipurpose facility for the district, and $900,000 for resurfacing the track at Raider Stadium.
  • Grapevine-Colleyville Proposition A, a voter approval tax-rate election, which school officials say sets the district’s maintenance and operations (M&O) tax rate will be $0.7369 per $100 appraised property valuation and will generate about $6 million for the district.
  • Burleson Proposition A, which allows for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption only.
  • Mansfield Proposition A, which allows for the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption only.
  • Allen ISD Propositions A and C, which are a $419 million-plus bond package including campus improvements, security improvements and more, and a $23 million bond package for technology devices.
  • Celina ISD Proposition A, a voter approval tax rate election that district officials say will provide an estimated $1.85 million annually to increase teacher pay, for safety and security improvements and more.

Here are the propositions North Texas voters decided against:

  • Dallas City Charter amendment Proposition T, one of the Dallas HERO-backed amendments that would require the city to conduct a city-commissioned community survey each year of a minimum of 1,400 Dallas residents that would result in either the city manager earning a performance-based pay raise or the city manager’s firing. Here’s our full breakdown of how the vote on the Dallas charter amendments went.
  • Birdville ISD Proposition A, a $48 million bond package to build three multipurpose indoor facilities.
  • Northwest ISD Proposition A, which is a voter-approval tax rate election, which district officials say would have increased the district’s maintenance and operations, or M&O, tax rate by 3 cents, an average $120 yearly increase on a home that is valued at $500,000.
  • Allen ISD Proposition B, a $5 million-plus bond package for track surfaces at Lowery Freshman Center and Curtis Middle School.
  • Frisco ISD Propositions A-D, a voter approval tax rate election, a $986 million bond package for districtwide improvements, a new Staley Middle School, $88.2 million for technology upgrade districtwide, $11.2 million for a new tennis center,
  • McKinney Propositions A-B. Read our full explainer on the McKinney charter amendments here.
  • McKinney Propositions C-D. Read our full explainer on the McKinney charter amendments here.
  • Rockwall ISD Propositions A-D, a voter approval tax rate election, a $787 million-plus bond package for constructions and renovations, an $18 million-plus proposition for instructional technology and nearly $43 million for renovations and maintenance to a stadium.
  • Argyle ISD voter approval tax rate election, which the district says included a 7.7-cent tax increase to the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) tax rate and raise about $2.5 million for teacher and staff pay raises and campus support jobs.

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