2011-1108 Election Day

ELECTION DAY 2011 onTues Nov 8th; Early Voting Oct 24-Nov 4 Our Tea Party is a member of The Grassroots Texans Network [http://grassrootstexans.net] Here is their summary of recommendations from a number of local tea party and conservative groups:

As the chart indicates, our Tea Party Recommendations on the 10 Amendments are as follows:
#1: YES
#2: NO
#3: NO
#4: NO
#5: NO
#6: NO
#7: NO
#8: NO
#9: NO
#10: no opinion

Here are some additional discussions and recommendations on the propositions:

 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

EMPOWER TEXANS’ ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TEXAS EAGLE FORUM ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Liberty Institute Voters Guide

Voters Guide from Texas League of Women Voters

RESULTS

ELECTION DAY [TUES, Nov 8th, 2011]  ONLY 5% VOTER TURNOUT!!

DISGRACEFUL!!!

RESULTS in RED  [TPTP Recommendations in black]

7/10 Propositions PASSED [1,2,3,5,6,9,10]

3/10 Propositions FAILED [4,7,8]

TPTP Recommendations met on 4/10 [1,4,7,8]

Tea Party Recommendations on the 10 Amendments are as follows:
#1 [Tax exemption for surviving spouse of veteran]: PASSED 83% [YES]
#2 [TX Water Dev Board issue additional bonds not to exceed $6B]: PASSED 52% [NO]
#3 [Issue bonds to finance educationloans to students]: PASSED 55% [NO]
#4 [Permit county to issue bonds for development]: FAILED 60%  [NO]
#5 [Allow city and county to enter interlocal contracts]: PASSED 58% [NO]
#6 [Gen Land Office distribute revenue for public education]: PASSED 52% [NO]
#7 [Permit El Paso County to create reclamation districts]: FAILED 52% [NO]
#8 [Appraisal for ad valorem tax of land devoted to water stewardship]: FAILED 53% [NO]
#9 [Auth Gov to pardon a person who completed deferred adjudicaiton]: PASSED 57% [NO]
#10 [Extend length of unexpired term which trigger automatic resignation]: PASSED 56% [no opinion]