San Antonio, Texas, Proposition A, Ethics Review Board Charter Amendment (November 2024)
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San Antonio Proposition A was on the ballot as a referral in San Antonio on November 5, 2024. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the city charter to add a definition of "conflicts of interest" to Article XIII, require sufficient funding to the Ethics Review Board, and authorize the Board to accept or decline complaints that have been resolved by another entity. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the city charter to add a definition of "conflicts of interest" to Article XIII, require sufficient funding to the Ethics Review Board, and authorize the Board to accept or decline complaints that have been resolved by another entity. |
A simple majority was required to approve the measure.
Election results
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295,404 | 71.93% | ||
| No | 115,295 | 28.07% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition A was as follows:
| “ | CITY OF SAN ANTONIO -PROPOSITION A ETHICS REVIEW BOARD "Shall Article XIII, entitled Ethics Review Board, of the City Charter be amended to add a definition of “ conflicts of interest”; require sufficient funding to the Ethics Review Board so it may perform all its assigned duties, and authorize the Ethics Review Board to accept or decline complaints that have been resolved by an entity other than the Ethics Review Board?" (CIUDAD DE SAN ANTONIO - PROPUESTA A) (REVISIÓN DE ÉTICA) ("¿Se debería enmendar el Artículo XIII, titulado Junta de Revisión de Ética, de la Carta Constitucional de la Ciudad para añadir una definición de “conflictos de intereses”; exigir fondos suficientes a la Junta de Revisión de Ética para que pueda realizar todas sus tareas asignadas; y autorizar a la Junta de Revisión de Ética a aceptar o rechazar denuncias que hayan sido resueltas por una entidad distinta a la Junta de Revisión de Ética?") | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of San Antonio.
How to cast a vote
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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, "Identification Requirements for Voting," accessed October 9, 2025 Cite error: Invalid
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