Texas Proposition 7, Militia Members in Office Amendment (2009)

Texas Proposition 7
Election date November 3, 2009
Topic Military service policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 3, 2009. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing members of the Texas State Guard and other state military forces to hold civil offices.

A "no" vote opposed allowing members of the Texas State Guard and other state military forces to hold civil offices.

Election results

Texas Proposition 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		764,994	73.08%
No		281,855	26.92%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 7 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow an officer or enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or military force to hold other civil offices.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 127 during the 81st regular legislative session in 2009.

See also

2009 Measures

• 2009 Measures
• Military service policy on the ballot
• 2009 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments