All 13 Texas GOP propositions on the ballot passed on Tuesday, with each receiving above 70% support in a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote.
“The 13 ballot propositions include questions on eliminating property taxes, border security, benefits to illegal aliens, amnesty, protecting the Texas National Guard, a Texas Bullion Depository, vaccine consent, closed primaries, election integrity, school choice, and ownership of Texas land by hostile foreign entities,” according to a Texas Republican party press release from December 28, 2023.
According to KSAT, proposition 12 received the most ‘Yes‘ votes, receiving 96% of the vote, while Proposition 9 received the lowest with 73% ‘Yes’ votes. The propositions essentially function like polls for the party to analyze voter priorities.
According to the Texas GOP website, Proposition 12 asked Texas Republican voters if “The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.”
Proposition 9 asked if “The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only registered Republicans.”
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Proposition 12 received support from local Dallas political activist Charlie Kolean, with Americans for Citizens Voting. Kolean organized a get-out-the-vote rally at a Dallas restaurant, State & Allen, on the evening of March 4.
“We plan to have this constitutional amendment on the ballot in possibly 10 states this year,” said Kolean.
Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) proposed an amendment last year to require proof of citizenship before anyone can be registered to vote on the ballot as a referendum, but it failed to reach the minimum 100 out of 150 available votes needed to pass in the House.
Below is a listing of the 13 propositions that passed:
Proposition 1
Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden.
Proposition 2
Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.
Proposition 3
The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.
Proposition 4
The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.
Proposition 5
Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens.
Proposition 6
The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.
Proposition 7
The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.
Proposition 8
The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.
Proposition 9
The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only registered Republicans.
Proposition 10
The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.
Proposition 11
Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
Proposition 12
The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.
Proposition 13
Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
Texas’ Democratic Party did not put any propositions on its primary ballot.
