VOTERGUIDE
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COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD & MATT STEPHENS
D A T E S T O K N O W April 25 First day of early voting
10710 Telge Road, Houston, will be the early voting site for the emergency services district election, and Cy-Fair Fire Department stations 1, 7, 9, 10 and 11 will be polling locations on election day. Jersey Village residents can vote at City Hall. Visit www.harrisvotes.com for more information. W H E R E T O V O T E SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 9, CITY OF JERSEY VILLAGE, HARRIS COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
May 7 Election day May 7 Last day to receive ballot by mail (or May 9 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election)
April 26 Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) May 3 Last day of early voting
S T A T E W I D E P R O P O S I T I O N S
S A M P L E B A L L O T
*Incumbent
Ballot text
of the maintenance and oper- ations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.
Ballot text The constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for gen- eral elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to re ect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate Senate Joint Resolution 2 Second special session of 87th Texas Legislature PROPOSITION 1
The constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for pub- lic school purposes from $25,000 to $40,000.
JERSEY VILLAGE CITY COUNCIL Of the three council seats up for election, only one is a contested race. Place 4 James Singleton* Jim Fields
HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 9 The three candidates with the highest number of votes will serve four-year terms as commissioner. Commissioner Naressa MacKinnon Scott DeBoer* William David McDugle* Kevin W. Stertzel Robert O. Paiva John Peart Tommy Balez*
What does it mean?
Although property taxes are already frozen for the disabled and those over age 65, this would allow for additional property tax relief from school districts. If approved, the Legislature could provide property tax cuts even to elderly and disabled homeowners with frozen taxes.
What does it mean?
Texas homeowners are o ered a $25,000 homestead exemption on property taxes from school districts, so the rst $25,000 of a home’s appraised value does not count against a homeown- er’s annual property taxes. If approved, that exemption would be raised to $40,000.
Senate Joint Resolution 2 Third special session of 87th Texas Legislature PROPOSITION 2
SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE WEBSITE; JOSHUA BLANK, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; DALE CRAYMER, TEXAS TAXPAYERS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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