Laredo, Texas, Proposition 9, Municipal Court Judges Charter Amendment (November 2024)
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Laredo Proposition 9 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 increase the number of municipal court judges from one to two, require three years of experience in the practice of law, and provide for qualifications, appointments, confirmation, and removal of associate municipal court judges. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the city charter to increase the number of municipal court judges from one to two, require three years of experience in the practice of law, and provide for qualifications, appointments, confirmation, and removal of associate municipal court judges. |
A simple majority was required to approve the measure.
Election results
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46,370 | 83.08% | ||
| No | 9,443 | 16.92% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 9 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition 9 Shall the City Charter be amended to increase the number of elected Municipal Court Judges from one (1) to two (2); require three (3) years of experience in the practice of law; and provide for qualifications, appointments, confirmation, and removal of Associate Municipal Court Judges? Propuesta 9 ¿Deberá enmendarse la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad para aumentar el número de Jueces Electos de la Corte Municipal de uno (1) a dos (2); requerir tres (3) años de experiencia en la práctica del derecho; y proveer los requisitos, nombramientos, confirmaciones y destituciones de Jueces Asociados de la Corte Municipal? | ” |
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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