Important election dates

First day of in-person early voting: Monday, Oct. 18

Last day of in-person early voting: Thursday, Oct. 28

Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 2 (7 a.m. – 7 p.m.)

Early voting locations, dates, and times

Early voting will take place at the Edd B. and Frances Frink Keyes building, 113 W. Beauregard Ave., in the election office.

Election officials stated the hours for early voting are as follows:

• Oct. 18-22: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Oct. 25-26: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Oct. 27-28: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

There are eight proposed amendments that, if approved by a majority of voters, will be added to the document that guides the function of state government.

Amendments include:

Proposition 1 

• Would add rodeos to the list of professional sporting events that can hold raffles to raise money for charity.

Proposition 2

• Would let counties pay for transportation needs in blighted or underdeveloped areas by taking advantage of rising property values, caused by road projects to pay off the transportation debt.

Proposition 3

• Would expand the freedom of worship section in the state’s Bill of Rights to prohibit governments from taking any action that “prohibits or limits religious services.”

Proposition 4

• Would change the eligibility requirements to serve on the Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals and intermediate appeals courts.

Proposition 5

• Would let the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which investigates and takes disciplinary action against judges to all levels, accept complaints against judicial candidates as well

Proposition 6

• Would give residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities the right to designate an “essential caregiver” who could not, under most circumstances, be prohibited from in-person visits.

Proposition 7

• Would let disability-based homestead exemptions on property taxes continue for surviving spouses who are 55 or older when their disabled spouse dies.

Proposition 8

• Would extend property tax breaks, already available to the spouse of a service member killed in action, to spouses of troops who were killed in the line of duty but not in combat.

For more information go to Tom Green County website.