Texas Proposition 6, State Commission on Judicial Conduct Amendment (2005)

Texas Proposition 6
Election date November 8, 2005
Topic State judiciary oversight
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 8, 2005. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported expanding the State Commission on Judicial Conduct from 11 to 13 members by increasing public members from four to five and adding a constitutional county court judge.

A "no" vote opposed expanding the State Commission on Judicial Conduct from 11 to 13 members by increasing public members from four to five and adding a constitutional county court judge.

Election results

Texas Proposition 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,246,127	62.60%
No		744,585	37.40%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 6 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

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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 87 during the 79th regular legislative session in 2005.

See also

2005 Measures

• 2005 Measures
• State judiciary oversight on the ballot
• 2005 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