DALLAS — Texas voters will decide on 14 different potential constitutional amendments when they head to the polls on Nov. 7. But if you’ve read the verbiage on these proposals, they’re clear as mud.
In our latest episode of Y’all-itics, the Jasons decipher the hard-to-read amendments that will solidify property tax cuts (among other things) along with the Fort Worth Star Telegram’s Bud Kennedy.
"I looked at the sample ballot -- just simply the tax plan constitutional amendment takes up one whole column," Kennedy explains. "It’s like from top to bottom on property taxes to read that column and digest what that’s really supposed to mean. And that’s why it’s important to have shows that explain what all this really means and what the positives and negatives are before you go vote.”
And here’s something you may not know: Texas already has one of the longest constitutions in the country, and it will only get longer after the election.
But it's not the longest constitution in the States.
"Alabama has a longer constitution," Kennedy told us. "Southern states, in general, tend to legislate by constitutional amendment and have since reconstruction. Texas has 517 amendments, not nearly as simple as the U.S. Constitution. The Texas Constitution is about a third as long as the Bible."
Election day is November 7. Early voting ends November 3.
To read more about the amendments, head here.
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