Nov. 3 Voter Guide

Welcome to the Fox 4 Voter Guide! We’ve gathered everything we think you’ll need to make an informed decision on Nov. 3.There are 11 proposed amendments to the state constitution on the ballot. You'll see and hear the amendments referred to as “propositions,” so if you really want to sound like you know what’s what, call them “Prop 1”, “Prop 2”, etc. Your friends will be impressed.

Click on the propositions to find out more about them:

• Amendment 1
• Amendment 2
• Amendment 3
• Amendment 4
• Amendment 5
• Amendment 6
• Amendment 7
• Amendment 8
• Amendment 9
• Amendment 10
• Amendment 11

About Amendments

Amendments are just that: they add to and change the state constitution. What you should know about that perhaps painfully obvious statement is that it’s a lot harder to change the Texas Constitution than it is to change state law. Lawmakers have to jump through more hoops to pass proposed amendments, which then have to be approved by you, the voters, before they become part of the law of the land. Undoing or changing those amendments requires the same process.

Sometimes, a constitutional amendment is the only tool that will do the job. A well-crafted amendment gets straight to the task at hand and has minimal impact on everything else in the state’s most hallowed governing document.

Sometimes, amendments are a blunt instrument. As our friends at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram put it, amendments can be seen as “using a meat cleaver” to make a cut instead of using a scalpel. There are people who vote against constitutional amendments no matter what the content simply as a matter of principle.

All proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution require majority approval from voters to pass.

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