March 5 Primary GOP Propositions on ballot

[wiredgeorge]

2024 Republican Primary Ballot Propositions
Approved by the State Republican Executive Committee – December 2, 2023

Proposition 1
Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden.
YES
NO

Proposition 2
Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and
military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking,
and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.
YES
NO

Proposition 3
The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect
jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.
YES
NO

Proposition 4
The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college
tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.
YES
NO

Proposition 5
Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to
legalization for illegal aliens.
YES
NO

Proposition 6
The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign
conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.
YES
NO

Proposition 7
The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to
administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.
YES
NO

Proposition 8
The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any
vaccine without coercion.
YES
NO

Proposition 9
The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only
registered Republicans.
YES
NO

Proposition 10
The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to
prosecute election crimes.
YES
NO

Proposition 11
Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private,
for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
YES
NO

Proposition 12
The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual
can be registered to vote.
YES
NO

Proposition 13
Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran,
North Korea, and Russia.
YES
NO

Respectfully submitted,
Vergel B. Cruz, Secretary
Texas State Republican Executive Committee
December 20, 2023

(I guess the Democrats didn't have any proposed propositions)

 

[Tex62]

Thanks for that!


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[Tnhawk]

(I guess the Democrats didn't have any proposed propositions)

The only objective of the demorats is to keep Trump out of office.

 

[TipBledsoe]

About Prop 1 - sounds good on the surface, but property tax is a major source of state funds income. How might these monies be replaced?

 

[striker55]

Shouldn't one be for seceding?

 

[MountainGirl]

About Prop 1 - sounds good on the surface, but property tax is a major source of state funds income. How might these monies be replaced?

State income tax if you're not careful.

 

[oldag]

Proposition 4
The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college
tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.

Sounds good on the surface, but will the schools still be required to accept illegal aliens? If so, then the school district is out the money while being force to teach the illegal immigrants.

 

[MountainGirl]

Shouldn't one be for seceding?

Not the vote for seceding - rather 'Should the question of secession be put to the voters" The required petition signatures were gathered to have this Q on the ballot but Rinaldi buried it.

 

[seeker_two]

How many propositions did they accomplish from the last ballot? And why do you think they'll accomplish any of these?

 

[Tex929rr]

Proposition 4
The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college
tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.

Sounds good on the surface, but will the schools still be required to accept illegal aliens? If so, then the school district is out the money while being force to teach the illegal immigrants.

Public schools can’t even ask if kids are legally here so I don’t think it would change anything.

 

[oldag]

Public schools can’t even ask if kids are legally here so I don’t think it would change anything.

It would put a greater burden on the taxpayers in that district.

 

[Jedi54]

Appreciate the thread.

As someone who has only been in TX a short while, I have a question about our sample ballots:
Is there ever a pro vs cons statement issued for each proposition?
I ask because the State I lived in prior, your party sample ballot had statements printed usually from the Republican party telling you why they favored or opposed the proposition. It often even included the projected fiscal impact should the proposition get passed.

Maybe I'm not looking in the right place but I have yet to see something like that here in TX. Even the TX Republican party website does't delve into the individual propositions.

 

[Tex929rr]

It would put a greater burden on the taxpayers in that district.

Except how would anyone know how many illegals are in any given school district if the districts themselves don’t know? There is no practical way to implement it.

 

[Tnhawk]

A dollar taken from the left hand is equal to a dollar taken from the right hand. The tax burden remains the same unless it is reduced, whether it be property tax, income tax or another name.

 

[seeker_two]

Sales tax should be the only tax. That way, you can make illegals and tourists pay their fair share.....

 

[Grumps21]

I’m for all of the above, but I do question the property tax prop and how those funds are replaced. I’d think a sales tax hike would be more representative and also allow folks just passing through to chip in.

I wish they had a prop that would confiscate the vehicle of anyone caught driving without insurance or without a valid driver license.

Regarding the E-verify, what would the punishment be for not following it? It’s only effective if the fine is painful, like $20k per infraction

 

[BRD@66]

Appreciate the thread.

As someone who has only been in TX a short while, I have a question about our sample ballots:
Is there ever a pro vs cons statement issued for each proposition?
I ask because the State I lived in prior, your party sample ballot had statements printed usually from the Republican party telling you why they favored or opposed the proposition. It often even included the projected fiscal impact should the proposition get passed.

Maybe I'm not looking in the right place but I have yet to see something like that here in TX. Even the TX Republican party website does't delve into the individual propositions.

No. I go to League of Women Voters for that.

 

[BRD@66]

Prop 9 restrict primary to registered Republicans. How do I "register" other than to vote in the primary?
Prop 12 proof of citizenship. What would be required to prove? Would that document become available on the black market?

 

[OldPhart]

State income tax if you're not careful.

As long as it replaces the Federal Income Tax - Read into that what you wish (or hope).

 

[Tnhawk]

The only objective of the demorats is to keep Trump out of office.

We are now enjoying the results of that mentality