Texas Republican Party Advisory Questions (March 2024)
| Texas Republican Party Advisory Questions | |
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| Type | Advisory questions |
| Origin | Republican Party of Texas |
The Republican Party of Texas placed nonbinding advisory questions on March 5, 2024, primary ballots. Republican ballots featured 13 questions.
The Republican primaries were open, meaning all voters were able to vote in the election.
Click here to learn more about Texas' elections in 2024.
Overview
What is an advisory question?
- See also: Advisory question
An advisory question is a type of ballot measure in which citizens vote on a non-binding question. The largest difference between an advisory vote and any other type of ballot measure is that the outcome of the ballot question will not result in a new, changed or rejected law or constitutional amendment. Rather, the advisory question symbolically makes heard the general opinion of the voting population in regard to the issue at hand.
Why were these questions on the ballot?
Political parties place these nonbinding questions on ballots to gauge voters' priorities. In the introduction to the propositions on its website, the Republican Party stated, "Keep in mind that this is an opinion poll of Republican voters and not a policy referendum. When you vote YES or NO, you are telling us what you think should happen. You are not voting to make a law but merely saying YES you agree or NO you do not agree with the statement."[1]
Republican Party propositions
The Republican Party placed 13 nonbinding propositions on March 5 primary ballots. [1][2]
Proposition 1
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 1 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,741,825 | 77.97% | ||
| No | 492,231 | 22.03% | ||
Proposition 2
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 2 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,088,151 | 91.53% | ||
| No | 193,190 | 8.47% | ||
Proposition 3
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 3 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,029,971 | 89.9% | ||
| No | 228,102 | 10.1% | ||
Proposition 4
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 4 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,978,723 | 87.63% | ||
| No | 279,347 | 12.37% | ||
Proposition 5
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 5 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,871,894 | 83.28% | ||
| No | 375,836 | 16.72% | ||
Proposition 6
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 6 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,869,134 | 83.88% | ||
| No | 359,320 | 16.12% | ||
Proposition 7
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 7 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,597,985 | 76.49% | ||
| No | 491,090 | 23.51% | ||
Proposition 8
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 8 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,067,420 | 91.56% | ||
| No | 190,642 | 8.44% | ||
Proposition 9
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only registered Republicans.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 9 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,617,484 | 72.74% | ||
| No | 606,137 | 27.26% | ||
Proposition 10
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 10 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,982,648 | 89.35% | ||
| No | 236,345 | 10.65% | ||
Proposition 11
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 11 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,797,110 | 79.52% | ||
| No | 462,722 | 20.48% | ||
Proposition 12
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 12 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,192,061 | 96.1% | ||
| No | 88,936 | 3.9% | ||
Proposition 13
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
[ ] Yes [ ] No[3] |
” |
| Republican Party Proposition 13 (March 2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,159,717 | 95.23% | ||
| No | 108,236 | 4.77% | ||
See also
- 2024 ballot measures
- Texas ballot measures
- Texas Political Party Advisory Questions (March 2022)
- Texas Political Party Advisory Questions (March 2020)
- Republican Party
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Texas GOP, "2024 Republican Primary Ballot Propositions," accessed January 16, 2024
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Election results," accessed March 6, 2024
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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