Hays County, State Constitutional Amendment votes tallied

Alongside San Marcos City Council Elections, cities throughout Hays County held elections Tuesday. State of Texas Constitutional Amendments were also on the ballot. 

Here’s are Tuesday’s unofficial results. 

City of Kyle Elections 

Incumbent Dex Ellison held off challenger Yvonne Flores-Cale for Kyle City Council District 1. Ellison received 1,102 votes, or 55.74%, while Flores-Cale tallied 875 votes — 44.26%. 

Kyle City Council District 3 incumbent Robert Rizo won re-election with 1,191 votes — 60.09% — against challenger Amanda L. Stark, who had 791 votes — 39.91%. 

City of Woodcreek Elections

Gloria Whitehead was elected the new mayor of Woodcreek in an uncontested race. 

Brent H. Pulley and Chrys Grummert are headed to a run-off election for an at-large Woodcreek City Council seat. Pulley received 347 votes — 42.47% — and Grummert amassed 285 votes — 34.88%. Charlie LeCompte was unable to qualify for the vote with 185 votes — 22.64%. 

City of Buda Election

Terry Cummings has been selected for Buda City Council District C after receiving 318 votes — 63.73%, while Jeffery K. Morales only had 181 votes in his favor, or 36.27%. 

Wimberley Independent School District General Election

Will Conley was selected for the WISD Board of Trustees Place 4. Conley defeated Suzanne White with 2,510 of the 3,880 votes tallied, or 64.49%. 

Hays County Emergency Services District No. 9 Special Election, Proposition 1 

Hays County Emergency Services District No. 9 Special Election, Proposition 1 passed with 76.23% of the vote. This proposition adds the area within the city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the cities of Mountain City, Mustang Ridge, and Creedmoor, and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the cities of Uhland, Austin, and Dripping Springs, to the extent those areas are within Hays County and not already within the boundaries of Hays County ESD No. 9, Hays County ESD No. 2 and North Hays County ESD No. 1, to the Hays County ESD No. 9, and that area assuming its proportionate share of the outstanding debts and taxes of Hays County ESD No. 9, if the area is added to the District.

Headwaters Municipal Utility District of Hays County Special Election, Proposition A 

Headwaters Municipal Utility District of Hays County Special Election, Proposition A, which designates the Headwaters commercial defined area passed with one vote. 

Headwaters Municipal Utility District of Hays County Special Election, Proposition B

Headwaters Municipal Utility District of Hays County Special Election, Proposition B, which is the  issuance of $138,500,000 bonds for water, wastewater and drainage system facilities to serve the Headwaters commercial defined area and the levy of taxes in payment of the bond passed with one vote. 

According to Hays County, 18,909 of the 139,722 registered voters in county voted in Tuesday’s election. 

State of Texas Constitutional Amendments 

• Proposition 1 — the constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time — failed to pass with 65.44% of Texans voting against the proposition, according to preliminary results from the Secretary of State’s office. 
• Proposition 2 — The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $200 million to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas — passed with 65.62% of Texans voting for the proposition. 
• Proposition 3 — The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster — passed with 85.09% of Texans voting yes to the proposition. 
• Proposition 4 — The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax, including a tax on an individual’s share of partnership and unincorporated association income — passed with 74.41% of Texans voting for the proposition. 
• Proposition 5 — The constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue received from the existing state sales and use taxes that are imposed on sporting goods to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission to protect Texas’ natural areas, water quality, and history by acquiring, managing, and improving state and local parks and historic sites while not increasing the rate of the state sales and use taxes — passed with 88% of the vote. 
• Proposition 6 — The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase by $3 billion the maximum bond amount authorized for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas — passed with 64% of Texans voting yes to the proposition. 
• Proposition 7 — The constitutional amendment allowing increased distributions to the available school fund — received 74.12% of the vote in favor of the proposition. 
• Proposition 8 — The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects  — earned 77.83% of the vote in favor of the amendment. 
• Proposition 9 — The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this state — narrowly passed with 51.6% of the vote in favor. 
• Proposition 10 — The constitutional amendment to allow the transfer of a law enforcement animal to a qualified caretaker in certain circumstances — passed with 93.75% of the vote in favor of the proposition.