Laredo, Texas, Proposition 11, Nepotism Article Charter Amendment (November 2024)
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Laredo Proposition 11 was on the ballot as a referral in Laredo on November 5, 2024. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the city charter to amend the nepotism article to also prohibit persons related within the second degree by affinity, or within the third degree of members of decision making boards and commissions, to be appointed to any office, clerkship, or other position in the city, but reduce the amount of time continuously employed by the City from two years to six months for existing employees to be exempt from the nepotism prohibition except for relations with members of the Ethics Commission and the Civil Service Commission. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the city charter to amend the nepotism article to also prohibit persons related within the second degree by affinity, or within the third degree of members of decision making boards and commissions, to be appointed to any office, clerkship, or other position in the city, but reduce the amount of time continuously employed by the City from two years to six months for existing employees to be exempt from the nepotism prohibition except for relations with members of the Ethics Commission and the Civil Service Commission. |
A simple majority was required to approve the measure.
Election results
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40,201 | 73.47% | ||
| No | 14,518 | 26.53% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 11 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition 11 Shall the City Charter nepotism article be amended to also prohibit persons related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree of members of decision-making boards and commissions to be appointed to any office, position, clerkship, or other position with the City; but reduce the amount of time continuously employed by the City from two (2) years to six (6) months for existing employees to be exempt from the nepotism prohibition, except for relations with members of the Ethics Commission and the Civil Service Commission? Propuesta 11
¿Deberá enmendarse el artículo sobre nepotismo de la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad para prohibir también a personas relacionadas en segundo grado por afinidad o del tercer grado a miembros de comisiones que toman decisiones, ser nombradas para cualquier cargo, puesto, secretaría u otro puesto en la Ciudad; pero reducir el tiempo de empleo continuo en la Ciudad de dos (2) años a seis (6) meses para que los empleados actuales estén exentos de la prohibición de nepotismo, excepto en el caso de relaciones con miembros de la Comisión de Ética y la Comisión de Servicio Civil? | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Laredo.
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
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