Texas Republicans will be casting their votes on 13 ballot propositions during the party’s primary election in March.
According to the Republican Party of Texas, voters will face 13 propositions covering issues ranging from taxes to immigration in this year’s primary election. The propositions are nonbinding, meaning they do not directly affect any policy of the state or federal government. However, the results of the vote are used to help craft the party’s platform for the upcoming election cycle and to gauge the interests of voters on various topics related to legislation and general policy.
In addition to the 12 primary ballot proposals, the Republican Party of Texas was also petitioned by the Texas Nationalist Movement to add a proposition to the ballot asking for Texas Republicans to make their feelings known about succeeding from the United States. Ultimately, the party rejected the petition for having an inadequate number of signatures to warrant being placed on the ballot.
The items that will appear on the ballot are as follows:
Proposition 1: Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden
Proposition 2: 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.
Proposition 3: 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.
Proposition 4: The Texas Legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.
Proposition 5: Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens.
Proposition 6: The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.
Proposition 7: 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.
Proposition 8: The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.
Proposition 9: The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only registered Republicans.
Proposition 10: The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.
Proposition 11: 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.
Proposition 12: The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.
Proposition 13: Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.