The Pampa Independent School District proposition shuffling two pennies in their funding formula passed 59.88 percent to 40.12 percent (888-595 total votes).
As for the constitutional amendments from the State of Texas, all eight of them passed, many by large margins.
In the Miami Independent School District Board of Trustees member election, Oak Hale received 33.33 percent (four) of the votes and Nick Harvill received 41 percent (five) of the votes. The Miami ISD election had 12 voters turn out.
Here are the results (State results come from The Texas Tribune):
Prop 1: Allowing charitable raffles at rodeo events by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. Unauthorized raffles can be considered illegal gambling under Texas law. Ninety-one to eight percent locally, eighty-four to 16 percent at state level.
Prop 2: Authorizing counties to issue bonds or notes to raise funds for transportation and infrastructure in underdeveloped areas. Cities and towns already have the authority to fund projects with this financing method. Sixty-eight to 31 percent locally, sixty-three to 37 percent at state level.
Prop 3: Banning the state from prohibiting or limiting religious services, including those in churches and other places of worship. Eighty-two percent to 17 percent locally, sixty-two percent to 38 percent at state level.
Prop 4: Requiring candidates to have 10 years of experience practicing law in Texas to be eligible for election to the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals or a Texas court of appeals. Currently, the law requires 10 years of experience but allows for out-of-state experience. Also, candidates running to be a district judge would be required to have eight years of experience practicing law in Texas, up from the current requirement of four years. Sixty-six percent to 33 percent locally, fifty-nine percent to 41 percent at state level.
Prop 5: Allowing the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to have oversight of candidates running for judicial office by accepting complaints or reports, conducting investigations and reprimanding them. The commission already has oversight over current judicial officeholders. Sixty-eight percent to 31 percent locally, fifty-nine percent to 41 percent at state level.
Prop 6: Allowing residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities to designate one essential caregiver who cannot be denied in-person visitation rights. Ninety percent to nine percent locally, eighty-eight to 12 percent at state level.
Prop 7: Limiting school district property taxes incurred by the surviving spouse of a person with disabilities who is older than 65 and has died. The surviving spouse must be at least 55 years old at the partner’s time of death and still live in the home. Ninety-three percent to six percent locally, eighty-seven to 13 percent at state level.
Prop 8: Expanding eligibility for residential homestead property tax exemptions to include spouses of military members killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. Currently, the exemption is extended to spouses of military members killed in action. Ninety-three percent to six percent locally, eighty-eight percent to 12 percent at state level.
