November 5, 2019 - Shelby County unofficial election results for November 5, 2019 Texas Constitutional Amendments are in with 9 propositions passing and 1 proposition failing.
Of the 15,215 registered voters in Shelby County, 346 ballots in person were cast during early voting and 33 by mail. Election day had 1,668 ballots cast for a total of 2,047 in all which is over two times the voter turnout of the 2017 Constitutional Amendment election with only 770.
Proposition Number 1 "The constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time."
Total Ballots
For - 733
Against - 1,273
Early Voting
For - 152
Against - 223
Election Day
For - 581
Against - 1,040
Proposition Number 2 "The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $200 million to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas."
Total Ballots
For - 1,193
Against - 770
Early Voting
For - 236
Against - 138
Election Day
For - 957
Against - 632
Proposition Number 3 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster."
Total Ballots
For - 1,665
Against - 316
Early Voting
For - 319
Against - 59
Election Day
For - 1,346
Against - 257
Proposition Number 4 "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax, including a tax on an individual's share of partnership and unincorporated association income."
Total Ballots
For - 1,824
Against - 213
Early Voting
For - 334
Against - 42
Election Day
For - 1,490
Against - 171
Proposition Number 5 "The constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue received from the existing state sales and use taxes that are imposed on sporting goods to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission to protect Texas' natural areas, water quality, and history by acquiring, managing,and improving state and local parks and historic sites while not increasing the rate of the state sales and use taxes."
Total Ballots
For - 1,717
Against - 275
Early Voting
For - 322
Against - 49
Election Day
For - 1,395
Against - 226
Proposition Number 6 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase by $3 billion the maximum bond amount authorized for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas."
Total Ballots
For - 1,291
Against - 690
Early Voting
For - 236
Against - 134
Election Day
For -1,055
Against - 556
Proposition Number 7 "The constitutional amendment allowing increase distributions to the available school fund."
Total Ballots
For - 1,414
Against - 552
Early Voting
For - 247
Against - 118
Election Day
For - 1,167
Against - 434
Proposition Number 8 "The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects."
Total Ballots
For - 1,396
Against - 572
Early Voting
For - 277
Against - 95
Election Day
For - 1,119
Against - 477
Proposition Number 9 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this state."
Total Ballots
For - 1,111
Against - 786
Early Voting
For - 216
Against - 137
Election Day
For - 895
Against - 649
Proposition Number 10 "The constitutional amendment to allow the transfer of a law enforcement animal to a qualified caretaker in certain circumstances."
Total Ballots
For - 1,825
Against - 145
Early Voting
For - 336
Against - 29
Election Day
For - 1,486
Against - 116
