Texas Proposition 18, Local Elections With Unopposed Candidates Amendment (September 2003)

Texas Proposition 18
Election date September 13, 2003
Topic Election administration and governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 18 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on September 13, 2003. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing a candidate to assume local office without an election if they are the only qualifying candidate for the office.

A "no" vote opposed allowing a candidate to assume local office without an election if they are the only qualifying candidate for the office.

Election results

Texas Proposition 18
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		720,479	53.08%
No		636,863	46.92%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 18 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit a person to assume an office of a political subdivision without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election for that office.

”

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 59 during the 78th regular legislative session in 2003.

See also

2003 Measures

• 2003 Measures
• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 2003 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