Early voting begins Oct. 20

Early voting begins Monday for the November election where Texas voters will decide on 17 constitutional amendments. Residents in the voting district for Bowie ISD will elect a candidate for the Board of Trustees places No. 3 and 4, while residents in Perrin-Whitt CISD will decide on a $28,220,000 school bond.

Early voting in the election will run from Monday, Oct. 20 through Friday, Oct. 24. Voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 20-24 and Oct. 27-29. The final early voting period will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 30-31.

Voting locations are the Jack County Courthouse Room 104,  at 100 North Main Street in Jacksboro. An additional location will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 23-24 at the PWCISD Administration Building, located at 216 North Benson Street in Perrin.

Election day voting will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4.

Voting locations are the Jack County Courthouse Room 104, Bryson Senior Citizens Building at 201 South College Street in Bryson, Jack County Fair Barn at 1072 Highway 59 in Jacksboro and Perrin Church of Christ at 105 West Eberhart Street in Perrin.

The voter registration deadline for the election was Monday, Oct. 6. To check your registration status, visit votetexas.gov, or contact the Jack County elections office at 940-567-2910.

The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Friday, Oct. 24, with applications available at the Jack County elections office or online at jackcounty.org.

In order to be eligible to vote a ballot by mail a voter must be 65 years of age or older, have a disability that prevents the voter from appearing at a polling place on election day, be out of the county during voting times or in jail.

Constitutional amendment propositions

Proposition 1
The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the permanent technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System.

Proposition 2
The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.  

Proposition 3
The constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony. 

Proposition 4
The constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue. 

Proposition 5
The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail. 

Proposition 6
The constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from enacting a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions. 

Proposition 7
The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.  

Proposition 8
The constitutional amendment to prohibit the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent’s property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.  

Proposition 9
The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income. 

Proposition 10
The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.

Proposition 11
The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled. 

Proposition 12
The constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission’s recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.  

Proposition 13
The constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district from $100,000 to $140,000.  

Proposition 14
The constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.  

Proposition 15
The constitutional amendment affirming that parents are the primary decision makers for their children.  

Proposition 16
The constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen. 

Proposition 17
The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements.