Voter registration deadline approaching for November election

A little over two weeks remain to register to vote in the upcoming November constitutional amendment election.

The last day to register to vote will be Monday, Oct. 6. Registration can be completed by filling out a voter registration application and submitting it to the Young County Election office located at the Young County Annex at 417 Second St.

To be eligible to register, a potential voter must be a U.S. citizen, resident of Young County, not a convicted felon, at least 17 years and 10 months old on the date of registration and not been declared to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.

To check your registration status, visit votetexas.gov, or contact the Young County elections office at 940-521-9483.

The Young County Commissioners Court is considering a notice and order of special election as well as the ballot language for the constitutional amendment election during their meeting Monday, Sept. 22.

The only ballot items on the upcoming election will be 17 constitutional amendment propositions, with no local and state offices on the Young County ballot.

Early voting in the election will run from Monday, Oct. 20 through Friday, Oct. 24. Election day voting will be held Monday, Nov. 4. 

Early voting locations are the Young County Annex at 417 Second St. in Graham and the Olney Community Library and Arts Center at 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.

Election day voting will be held at five voting locations. Those locations will be North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham, Loving VFD at 8891 Hwy. 114 E. in Loving, First Baptist Church Newcastle at 501 Graham St. in Newcastle, First United Methodist Church at 700 Third St. in Graham and the Olney Community Library and Arts Center.

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.