Texas Elections 2021: Amendment Proposition Live Results

Austin TX

02 November, 2021

8:04 PM

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Editor's note: This story was updated at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. AUSTIN, TX — Texans across the state made their way to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the Nov. 2 election. Early results showed voters supporting a pair of constitutional amendments pushing back against COVID-19 restrictions. One amendment would prohibit governments from limiting religious services. It's a backlash to public health orders in some large cities and counties that restricted the number of people who could gather indoors at the onset of the pandemic. Live in Austin? Click here to subscribe to our free breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox and mobile devices. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and download our free mobile app on Android or iPhone. Another Texas amendment would create a constitutional right for residents in nursing homes and other group-living facilities to designate an "essential caregiver," who could continue to visit even if the general public is barred from the facility. The amendment would add heft to a similar law enacted earlier this year in Texas.Like his counterparts elsewhere, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott barred nursing homes from admitting visitors as COVID-19 cases surged in facilities last year. The precaution, which lasted for months, was intended to save lives. It also left elderly residents unable to connect with family and friends. "Besides the tragedy of very sick people and death, the saddest story that we heard from our constituents was the fact that they could not see their mother, their father, their grandfather, their grandmother, their aunt, uncle, brother or sister in the nursing homes," said Texas state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, a Republican who sponsored the amendment. "It was just something that really just tore at our hearts." As live results come in, Patch will continue to update this story. Refresh this page for the latest. Nov. 2 Election Results The latest unofficial results as of 12:30 a.m. 254 of 254 Counties Reporting Proposition 1: The constitutional amendment authorizing the professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women's Professional Rodeo Association to conduct charitable raffles at rodeo. For —83.76%Against — 16.24% Proposition 2: The constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county. For — 63.21%Against — 36.79% Proposition 3: The constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations. For — 62.69%Against — 37.31% Proposition 4: The constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, a justice of a court of appeals, and a district judge. For — 58.75%Against — 41.25% Proposition 5: The constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office. For — 59.15%Against — 40.85% Proposition 6: The constitutional amendment establishing a right for residents of certain facilities to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation. For — 87.91%Against — 12.09% Proposition 7: The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death. For — 86.97%Against — 13.03% Proposition 8: 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 member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. For — 87.57%Against —12.43%