Election
BY HANNAH NORTON & BEN THOMPSON
Austin voters reject tax increase Austin voters rejected Proposition Q, a 20% tax rate increase, by a nearly two-to-one margin. The outcome dropped the city tax rate by 5 cents, although it’s still about 10% higher than last year’s. The election also led city ocials to cut the scal year 2025-26 budget they approved in August (see Page 10).
Constitutional amendments results breakdown
89.28% 10.72% Proposition 10: Tax exemption for homes destroyed by re Passed For Against
69.03% 30.97% Proposition 1: Texas State Technical College Funding
Proposition 11: Homestead exemption for elderly and disabled homeowners
Proposition 2: Ban on capital gains taxes
65.37%
34.63%
77.68%
22.32%
Proposition 3: Tightening bail rules 61.14% Proposition 4: Water supply funding 70.42%
Proposition 12: Judicial oversight 61.90%
38.86%
38.10%
Proposition 13: Increasing the homestead exemption 79.41% 20.59% Proposition 14: State dementia research institute 68.57% 31.43%
29.58%
Proposition 5: Animal feed tax exemption 63.61%
36.39%
Proposition 6: Ban on securities transaction taxes 58.87% 45.13% Proposition 7: Tax exemption for military spouses 86.25%
Proposition 15: Parental rights 69.87%
Austin Prop. Q results
30.13%
Proposition 16: Requiring citizenship to vote 71.95% Proposition 17: Border security tax exemption 57.42% 42.58%
13.8%
For
Against
28.05%
Proposition 8: Ban on death taxes 72.22% Proposition 9: Business tax exemption 65.05%
Proposition Q 62,952 109,375
27.78%
All 17 propositions on the ballot passed
34.96%
SOURCE: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: HAYS COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT
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