Early voting for the Nov. 4 elections in Tom Green County opens today, with a Wall ISD tax vote and a raft of proposed constitutional amendments for Texas.
Wall ISD voters will consider ratifying an ad valorem tax increase to 77.03-per-$100, to generate an additional $848,421 maintenance and operations funding for the school.
Election Hours and Polling Places
Early Voting will take place at the Elections Office inside the Keyes Building, 113 W. Beauregard Ave., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 20-24, and Oct. 27-29, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 30-31.
Election Day Polling Places
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 4.
- Westlake Ace Hardware, 1821 Knickerbocker Rd., Sales Floor
- Angelo Bible Church, 3506 Sherwood Way, Lobby
- Belmore Baptist Church, 1214 S. Bell St., Fellowship Hall
- Calvary Baptist Church, 2401 Armstrong St., Fellowship Center
- Christoval Community Center, 20022 Main, Christoval, Multi-purpose room
- Concho Valley Transit District (Bus Depot), 506 N. Chadbourne St., Annex Building
- SAF Church, 1442 Edmund Blvd., Fellowship Hall
- Grape Creek Community Center, 8207 US Hwy 87 North, Gene Marsh Board Room
- Keating Paint & Body, 5050 N. Chadbourne St., Reception Area
- Paulann Baptist Church, 2531 Smith Blvd., The Chapel
- Oak Grove Senior Apartments, 4375 Oak Grove Blvd., Multi-purpose Room
- Southgate Church of Christ, 528 Country Club Rd., Fellowship Hall
- Southside Recreation Center, 2750 Ben Ficklin Rd., Multi-purpose Room
- St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 8602 Loop 570, Wall, TX, 76957, Fellowship Hall
- MHMR Concho Valley, Admin. Bldg., 1501 W. Beauregard Ave., Jack Ray Room
- Veribest Baptist Church, 50 Farm-to-Market Rd. 2334, Veribest, Fellowship Hall
- Wesley Trinity United Methodist Church, 301 West 18th St., Fellowship Hall
- TXDOT Offices, 4502 Knickerbocker Rd., Bldg. E, Training Room
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS
This election cycle, Texans are voting on 17 proposed amendments.
VOTERS INDICATE WHETHER THEY ARE “FOR” OR “AGAINST”
Proposition 1
- Technical college infrastructure fund
- Would create two dedicated state funds: one for Texas State Technical College infrastructure, and another for workforce-education capital needs.
- Seeded with about $850 million from general revenue, these funds would be outside of the regular state budget with constitutional status, and no need for annual budget approval.
Proposition 2
- Constitutional Ban on Capital Gains Tax
- Would prohibit any state tax on capital gains — whether realized or unrealized — for individuals, families, estates, or trusts.
- Texas does not have a capital gains tax, and this would cement that status permanently, enjoining the state from ever taxing your investment profits, regardless of whether you sell or hold the assets.
Proposition 3
- Bail denial authority
- Would require judges to deny bail in certain felony cases where prosecutors demonstrate the suspect poses risk of flight or danger to the community. This amendment tightens existing rules.
Proposition 4
- Revenue for water fund
- Amendment would dedicate a portion revenues from sales and use taxes to the Texas Water Fund supporting water infrastructure, supply expansion and rural access projects.
- According to officials, this will be used for major projects to shore up water supplies throughout the state.
Proposition 5
- Amendment would exempt animal feed held for sale from property taxes, aiding farmers and ranchers.
Proposition 6
- Amendment would block legislature from adding an occupation tax on securities transactions.
- An occupation tax is typically levied on people for the privilege of doing business certain sectors, such as securities trading. The amendment would ban the state legislature from imposing such taxes on registered securities market operators, or on securities transactions themselves, ahead of the Texas Stock Exchange’s anticipated opening in 2026.
Proposition 7
- Amendment would allow surviving spouses of veterans who died from service-related conditions keep a homestead property-tax exemption.
Proposition 8
- Amendment would ban state-level “death tax” on estate, inheritance or gift taxes.
Proposition 9
- Amendment would exempt tangible property like equipment, used for income production, from ad valorem taxes.
Proposition 10
- Amendment would create a temporary tax exemption for “rebuilt value” when a home is entirely destroyed by fire.
Proposition 11
- Amendment would expand the value exemption on elderly or disabled homeowners’ homesteads for school district taxes from $10,000 to $60,000, reducing school district taxes for qualifying individuals, which will be offset by state funds to maintain district funding levels
Proposition 12
- Judicial conduct reforms
- Amendment would revise the structure and authority of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and the Texas Supreme Court to discipline judges more effectively, clarifying who investigates complaints and how sanctions are to be applied, expanding and restructuring the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, increasing its membership and public representation.
Proposition 13
- Homestead exemption increase
- Amendment would raise the exemption for residence homesteads from $100,000 to $140,000 for property-tax purposes at the district level, providing relief for homeowners.
- Critics say it does so by shifting the burden onto renters, small businesses, and non-exempt property owners.
Proposition 14
- Dementia Prevention & Research Institute
- Amendment would create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing a $3 billion research fund, via state general revenue initially. If voters approve, the institute will formally begin operating in December with facilities planned near Midland, and funding for research into Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and related disorders.
Proposition 15
- Amendment would affirm parents role as their children’s primary decision-makers.
Proposition 16
- Amendment would clarify in the Constitution that only U.S. citizens may vote, codifying existing state and federal law.
Proposition 17
- Amendment would allow property in counties along the Mexican border to receive a property-tax exemption for value added from border-security infrastructure.
