There are 11 Constitutional Amendments on the ballot this year.
Click here for our free 2009 Texas Constutional Amendment Voter Guide. http://www.freemarket.org/Img/2009%20Constitutional%20Amendments%20Voter’s%20Guide.pdf
Click here to see the official ballot language. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/2009novballotlang.shtml
Click here for detailed analysis of each constitutional amendment by the Texas House Research Organization. http://www.hro.house.state.tx.us/framer2.htm
Early Voting has already begun and ends October 30th. IF you miss early voting, the final election day is Tuesday, November 3rd.
Every registered voter in Texas can vote for or against these proposed constitutional amendments!! If these measures pass, the Texas Constitution will be amended to add the new language and can only be changed by a subsequent constitutional amendment that passed the Texas House and Senate and then is placed on the ballot for Texas voters and is approved by a simple majority of those that cast a ballot.
That means there are very close to permanent, if they pass. The typical turnout for a Texas Constitutional Amendment election is between 10-15%.
Send questions to Jonathan Saenz, our Director of Legislative Affairs in Austin at legislative@freemarket.org
Please exercise your right to vote and let your voice be heard!!
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October 21, 2009 at 4:22 AM
Proposition #11 is not true eminent domain reform. Legislators even admit it. Prop.11 permits your Legislators to LEGALLY, w/o any repercussion from the voters… to grant non-governmental utility providers (companies) and common carriers… the power to use eminent domain. Currently these private utility companies have to negotiate with the landowner for the purchase of land or an easement to the land. If Prop. 11 passes, if the Legislature grants your local private utility company eminent domain powers, then that utility would not have to negotiate in good faith… because the entity will have the final say. Legislators removed wording that would’ve required ‘JUST’ compensation paid for land taken. Legislators still exempts the State from paying money upfront when they take land. Legislators replace the words utility provider and common carrier (in HJR14) with the single word ENTITY. Ballot language states ‘CERTAIN economic…’ and CERTAIN does NOT mean ALL. This is just another loophole.
Prop.10 also applies to appointees, according to the Office of the Sec. of the State. And do we want to give these unelected ESD Board Members 4 long years to levy taxes. I urge voters to say NO to Proposition 11 and Proposition 10.