Posted on 03/04/2026 6:08:28 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
TEMPLE, Texas — Voters across Texas are lining up to cast their ballots in the 2026 Primary election.
This election, voters will not only choose their preferred candidates in state and local races, they will also have a chance to voice their opinions on multiple propositions, or policy questions.
Both the Republican and Democratic ballots have numerous propositions for voters to decide on, which are intended to help guide the party's legislative priorities going forward.
Republican ballots in Texas have 10 propositions to vote on, while Democratic ballots have 13.
The propositions are non-binding, and are not votes to create actual policies. The Republican Party of Texas describes the propositions as an "opinion poll" and not a policy referendum. The Democratic Party likewise lists the propositions as "surveys". Voters will simply vote "yes" or "no" on statements, and are not voting to make or change law.
The propositions as they appear on each ballot are as follows:
Republican propositions:
Proposition 1: Texas property taxes should be assessed at the purchase price and phased out entirely over the next six years through spending reductions. Proposition 2: Texas should require any local government budget that raises property taxes to be approved by voters at a November general election. Proposition 3: Texas should prohibit denial of healthcare or any medical service based solely on the patient's vaccination status. Proposition 4: Texas should require its public schools to teach that life begins at fertilization. Proposition 5: Texas should ban gender, sexuality, and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools. Proposition 6: Texas should enact term limits on all elected officials. Proposition 7: Texas should ban the large-scale export or sale of our groundwater and surface water to any single private or public entity. Proposition 8: Texas should reduce the burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers by ending public services for illegal aliens. Proposition 9: The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature should stop awarding leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships, to Democrats. Proposition 10: Texas should prohibit Sharia Law. Democratic propositions:
Proposition 1: Texas should expand Medicaid and ensure affordable healthcare for all. Proposition 2: Texas should support humane and dignified immigration policies and pathways to citizenship. Proposition 3: Texans should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions, including reproductive rights. Proposition 4: Texas should address the state's housing crisis in affordability and access in both urban and rural communities. Proposition 5: Texas should fund all public schools at the same per-pupil rate as the national average. Proposition 6: Secure online voter registration should be accessible to all eligible Texas residents. Proposition 7: Texas should have a clean and healthy environment that includes water, air, and biodiversity. Texas must preserve the state's natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational resources. Proposition 8: Texas should legalize cannabis for adults and automatically expunge criminal records for past low-level cannabis offenses. Proposition 9: Texas should raise salaries to at least the national average and should provide a cost-of-living increase based on the national Consumer Price Index every two years to current/retired school and state employees. Proposition 10: Texas should ban racially motivated redistricting, ban mid-decade redistricting, and create a non-partisan redistricting board to redraw lines every 10 years. Proposition 11: The Working Class should be eligible for greater federal income tax relief and have their tax burden fairly shifted onto the wealthiest. Proposition 12: Texas should expand accessible public transportation opportunities in rural and urban communities so residents can get to their workplaces, schools, and healthcare. Proposition 13: Texas should prevent individuals with a history of domestic abuse from purchasing firearms by implementing "red flag" laws. Texas is an open-primary state, meaning voters can vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary. If elections go to a runoff, voters can only vote in the runoff for the same party they voted in the main primary.
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The “propositions” are basically a statement of a party’s platform. The Republican “propositions” will basically be conservative stances and the Democrats’ will be the typical looney leftist stances.
I have not seen any results posted on these Texas propositions yet.
The results will be good polling data on what voters deem important or not.
so how are propositions from the Rep and Dem side make it onto the ballot in Texas in November?
I saw some this morning (early) - all propositions passed. Handily.
The propositions passed, but they are nonbinding and hence meaningless.l
Not completely meaningless - it shows where our heads are at, as Texans, and gives lawmakers some guidance (knowing what has support).
Of course with the dirtbag leadership we have, legislation has an uphill climb.
I’m glad these are opinion surveys. Even at that, these “propositions” are mostly free lunch/pie in the sky hooey, so poorly written they beg more questions than they answer. For example, the one about transfering water doesn’t define whose water, to whom, in state or out of state, volume, pulic v private, etc. The Dems’ propositions are little more than Marxian gimmedats.
I guess this is useful to see what is on peoples’ “minds”, but it really shows that government by popular opinions would be a disaster.
- Democratic Proposition 1 calls for the state to expand Medicaid and ensure access to affordable health care for all.
- Democratic Proposition 2 says Texans should support humane and dignified immigration policies and pathways to citizenship.
- Democratic Proposition 3 says Texans should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions, including reproductive decisions.
- Democratic Proposition 4 would address the state's housing crisis in affordability and access in both urban and rural communities.
- Democratic Proposition 5 calls on the state to fund all public schools at the same per-pupil rate as the national average.
- Democratic Proposition 6 seeks to make secure online voter registration accessible for all Texas residents.
- Democratic Proposition 7 seeks to preserve the state's natural, cultural, scenic and recreational resources by protecting air quality, water quality, and biodiversity.
- Democratic Proposition 8 calls for the state to legalize cannabis for adults and erase criminal records for past low-level cannabis offenses.
- Democratic Proposition 9 aims to raise salaries for current/retired school and state employees to at least the national average and to provide a cost-of-living increase based on the Consumer Price Index every two years.
- Democratic Proposition 10 seeks to ban racially motivated redistricting and mid-decade congressional redistricting and to create a nonpartisan redistricting board to redraw lines every 10 years. This measure is a direct response to last year's mid-decade congressional redistricting.
- Democratic Proposition 11 calls for greater federal tax relief for working-class individuals and to shift their tax burden onto the wealthy.
- Democratic Proposition 12 aims to expand accessible public transportation opportunities in rural and urban communities.
- Democratic Proposition 13 supports the implementation of "red flag" laws to prevent individuals with a history of domestic abuse from purchasing firearms.
Typical loony garbage.
And if you don’t agree with any of these loony propositions you will be labeled a hateful racist.
Good question. Don't know how many times I have voted on Rep #9 but it never makes it. Too many Democrats running as Republicans and winning in Texas.
“”””I saw some this morning (early) - all propositions passed. Handily.””””
I believe the turnout was around 2.5 million for each party.
I would like to see how many voters took the time to actually vote for these 10 GOP and 13 DEM propositions.
Do you have a source?
Very.
GROUND WATER IS A LARGER ISSUE THAN PEOPLE REALIZE.
“DATA CENTERS”===WATER HOGS
I just saw on Bannon’s War Room that 2 million votes on Prop 10 Ban Sharia Law with 95% supporting it.
At least on Prop 10 nearly all of the TX primary voters took the time to vote on the GOP propositions.
Here is the link to the votes on the GOP propositions
https://goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-enr-ui/races
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