Arlington, Texas, Proposition D, Administrative Buildings Bond Measure (May 2023)
| Arlington Proposition D | |
|---|---|
|
|
|
| Election date |
|
| Topic City bonds |
|
| Status |
|
| Type Referral |
|
Arlington Proposition D was on the ballot as a referral in Arlington on May 6, 2023. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported issuing $3 million in bonds to develop and renovate existing administrative buildings in downtown Arlington. |
A "no" vote opposed issuing $3 million in bonds to develop and renovate existing administrative buildings in downtown Arlington. |
A simple majority vote was required to pass the measure.
Election results
|
Arlington Proposition D |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
|
|
8,657 | 50.05% | ||
| No | 8,641 | 49.95% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition D was as follows:
| “ | Shall the City Council of the City of Arlington, Texas, be authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the City in the amount of $3,000,000 for the purpose of providing funds for permanent public improvements, to wit: designing, developing, constructing, reconstructing, improving, renovating, expanding, equipping, and furnishing existing City administrative buildings and facilities in downtown Arlington; said bonds to mature serially over a period not to exceed forty (40) years from their date, to be issued in such installments and sold at any price or prices and to bear interest at any rate or rates as shall be determined within the discretion of the City Council under laws in effect at the time of issuance, and to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds by levying a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds as they become due? | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the Arlington City Council.
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Texas
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Texas.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ VoteTexas.gov, "Who, What, Where, When, How," accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Request for Voter Registration Applications,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Voter Registration,” accessed February 27, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Request for Voter Registration Applications," accessed July 28, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Texas Constitution and Statutes, “Election Code,” accessed February 23, 2023
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, “Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks,” January 25, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Federal Judge Halts ‘Ham-Handed’ Texas Voter Purge,” February 28, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, “Texas Ends Review That Questioned Citizenship of Almost 100,000 Voters,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, “Secretary Whitley Announces Settlement In Litigation On Voter Registration List Maintenance Activity,” April 26, 2019
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Texas Secretary of State, "Required Identification for Voting in Person," accessed February 27, 2023 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "tvid" defined multiple times with different content
