Only one local ballot choice was served up in Tuesday’s General Election, which featured 17 up or down nods to Texas constitutional amendments statewide. That ballot item was only for Presidio County voters–Measure A, which would authorize the county to issue certificates of obligations for up to $5 million in debt, mostly for courthouse repairs in Marfa, but also for the county’s annex in Presidio as well as some new Road and Bridge Department equipment.
Measure A failed with 226 voting for and 593 against. The vote took on less meaning as a majority of the Commissioners Court have indicated they would not utilize the bonds even if they passed.
All 17 statewide amendments pass by large margins, as they did in Brewster and Jeff Davis Counties. Presidio County voters turned down a handful of amendments (2: Capital gains tax ban, 3: Bail reform, 6: Securities tax ban, 9: Inventory and equipment tax exemption and 17: Property tax exemption for border security infrastructure.)
Presidio County results
Brewster County results
Jeff Davis County results