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Today is the last day to early vote for the November 4th Elections. Want to know what's on the ballot? Here's what your ballot in Bastrop County will include:

✅ 17 State of Texas Constitutional Amendments -https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/2025-explanatory-statements.pdf

Proposition 1: Technical institution & workforce education fund
Proposition 2: Ban on capital gains taxes
Proposition 3: Denial of bail in certain felony cases
Proposition 4: Dedicate sales tax revenue to the Texas water fund
Proposition 5: Property tax exemption for animal feed inventory
Proposition 6: Ban on certain securities/transaction taxes
Proposition 7: Homestead exemption for surviving spouses of veterans
Proposition 8: Ban on “death taxes” (estate, inheritance, etc.)
Proposition 9: Partial tax exemption for income-producing property
Proposition 10: Temporary exemption for homestead destroyed by fire
Proposition 11: Increase in school district homestead exemptions for elderly/disabled
Proposition 12: Strengthening judicial misconduct sanctions
Proposition 13: Raise school district homestead exemption from $100k → $140k
Proposition 14: Create Dementia Prevention & Research Institute ($3B fund)
Proposition 15: Affirm parents as primary decision-makers for children
Proposition 16: Clarify that only U.S. citizens can vote
Proposition 17: Property tax exemption for border security infrastructure

✅ Local Propositions
*Bastrop County Emergency Services District (ESD) 2 & 3 annexations and tax/debt assumptions
*McDade ISD Proposition A: $18M school building bonds (property tax increase)
*City of Elgin Charter Propositions A–N (various updates: terms of office, ward residency, term limits, gender neutrality, council absences, conflict of interest rules, etc.)
*Las Haciendas Municipal Utility District Propositions A–G (confirmation, directors, and multiple bond/tax measures)
*Sayers Ranch Municipal Utility District Propositions A–G (confirmation, directors, and multiple bond/tax measures)

📍 Don’t miss your chance to make your voice heard!
Vote today and be ready to cast your vote this November.

🗓️ Election Day: Tuesday, November 4, 2025

TODAY is the LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING

Early voting polls are open from 7am-7pm

Election Day Tuesday, November 4th.