Precinct 3119 - Amendment, Joint General, Special and Bond Election - November 8, 2011

Another trip to the polls is here for those of us who represent non-voters by voting regularly.  This time it is for Amendment, Joint General, Special and Bond Election which covers eleven propositions for amendments to the Texas Constitution and for a member to San Antonio River Authority Board of Directors.  For some reason the Express-News does not yet have a consolidated recommendations page but you can dig them out individually on the editorial page. But to make it a little easier I have put the constitutional amendments in the table below. 

This is the usual Bexar Count Elections department link to find polling places and a sample ballot (pdf download) for your precinct.  Since this post is for Precinct 3119 here is our link. 

Early voting is on 24 October to 4 November, and Brookhollow Library on Hiemer, the Cody Library on Vance Jackson are the closest early voting places for this year.  Further out are the Shavano Park city hall at 900 Saddle Tree Ct. and the Olmos Basin Golf Club House by the Quarry shopping center could be considered to be in reach.

 

Prop	Subject	Headline	Expr News
1	Taxes	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 1 00 percent or totally disabled veteran.	Yes
2	Bonds	Providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $6 billion at any time outstanding."	Yes
3	Education	Providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State of Texas to finance educational loans to students."	Yes
4	Bonds	Authorizing the legislature to permit a county to issue bonds or notes to finance the development or redevelopment of an unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted area and to pledge for repayment of the bonds or notes increases in ad valorem taxes imposed	Yes
5	Admin of Gov	Authorizing the legislature to allow cities or counties to enter into interlocal contracts with other cities or counties without the imposition of a tax or the provision of a sinking fund."	Yes
6	Education	Clarifying references to the permanent school fund, allowing the General Land Office to distribute revenue from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund to provide additional funding for public education, and providing f	Yes
7	Admin of Gov	Authorizing the legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to fund the development and maintenance ofparks and recreational facilities.	Yes
8	Taxes	Providing for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to water stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity.	Yes
9	Admin of Gov	Authorizing the governor to grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a term of deferred adjudication community supervision."	No
10	Admin of Gov	Change the length of the unexpired term that causes the automatic resignation of certain elected county or district officeholders if they become candidates for another office.	Yes