>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR KSAT NEWS AT 9 STREAMING FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE KSAT 12 NEWS
ROOM, I’M MYRA ARTHUR.
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH AN
UPCOMING ELECTION, NOT THE ONE
IN 2020 THOUGH THIS NOVEMBER,
THERE’S AN IMPORTANT
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ELECTION THAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT THE TEXAS
CONSTITUTION COULD BE CHANGED
IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS WHEN
VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS IN
NOVEMBER BUT THERE’S USUALLY
A PROBLEM. FEW VOTERS ACTUALLY
SHOW UP FOR MEN
BUT ELECTIONS. SARAH ACOSTA
SPOKE WITH THE VOTING ADVOCACY
GROUP AND EXPLAIN SOME OF
WHAT’S AT
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STAKE HERE.
SOME OF THEM LOOK QUITE
HONESTLY MAKE A GOOD AND PEOPLE
DIDN’T UNDERSTAND LOOKING YES,
LOOKING KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ELECTIONS, THE VOTER HAS A LOT
TO READ THROUGH
AND UNDERSTAND.
>> THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
IN SAN ANTONIO SAYS THE
2017 AMENDMENT ELECTION.
ONLY ABOUT 3% OF REGISTERED
BEXAR COUNTY VOTERS TURNED OUT
IN THE NOVEMBER 2018 MIDTERM
ELECTIONS NEARLY 50% OF
REGISTERED VOTERS IN BEXAR
COUNTY TURNED OUT.
>> NOW THAT’S A COMBINATION
FROM EARLY VOTER TURNOUT AT
38% AND 11% ON ELECTION DAY.
>> I THINK THE REASON PEOPLE
DON’T GO TO THAT THEY DON’T
HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION SHE
SAYS IT’S WHY THE LEGAL WOMEN
VOTERS PROVIDES A NONPARTISAN
DIGITAL AND HARD COPY VOTER
GUIDE EXPLAINING THE AMENDMENT
ALONG WITH THE PROS AND CONS
THIS NOVEMBER TEXANS WILL
DECIDE ON 10 PROPOSED AMENDMENT
CHANGES. THESE 10 PROPOSALS
WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
THIS PAST SESSION
AND WILL ONLY GO INTO EFFECT IF
TEXAN VOTERS APPROVE THEM
HERE ARE THOSE 10 AMENDMENTS AT
A GLANCE BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT A
FEW OF THEM
PROP 7 FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO
INCREASE FROM MILLION TO
MILLION. THAT’S THE AMOUNT THE
GENERAL LAND OFFICE COULD
DISTRIBUTE TO THE AVAILABLE
SCHOOL FUND EACH YEAR. THE
FUNDS WOULD COME FROM THE SALE
AND LEASING OF MORE THAN
13 MILLION ACRES OF LAND
MANAGED BY THE SCHOOL LAND
BOARD PROP 8
FLOOD CONTROL, THE CREATION OF
THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
THE MONEY WOULD BE USED TO
ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FLOOD
CONTROL STRUCTURES AND DRAINAGE
INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE
STATE ESPECIALLY IN
ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS.
THE FUNDS WOULD COME FROM A
ONETIME DISTRIBUTION FROM THE
ALREADY CREATED RAINY DAY FUND
PROP 10 LAW
ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS, THIS WOULD
ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS
TO RETIRE WITH THEIR FORMER
HANDLERS OR OTHER QUALIFIED
CARE TAKERS TO ADOPT THEM WITH
NO FEE. THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SAYS IT’S CRUCIAL THAT VOTERS TAKE THE TIME TO EDUCATE
THEMSELVES AND PARTICIPATE IN
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. SO YOU
MUST BE INTERESTING TO CITE FOR
US SAID.
>> YOU KNOW IT’S I DO WANT TO
WIN.
>> WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
ANOTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT
WILL BE ON THE BALLOT ON
NOVEMBER 5TH THAT’S PROP FOR
NOW THIS AMENDMENT COULD AND
WE BAN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
FROM ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL
STATE INCOME TAX. SO IT MIGHT
BE A LITTLE CONFUSING HERE SO
IF YOU WANT
TEXAS TO HAVE A STATE INCOME
TAX IN THE FUTURE. YOU
VOTE NO. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO
PAY STATE INCOME TAXES YOU
VOTE. YES. NOW RIGHT NOW ON
KSAT.COM YOU CAN FIND ALL THIS
INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED