Brown County Election Administrator Suzy Young said that her office has been flooded with calls regarding rumored state constitutional amendments being on the ballot this November.

An email has been circulating the internet explaining three constitutional amendments that could raise property taxes if passed, but Young said that there are no such amendments on the ballot for the November 2nd election.

“I want the public to know that these amendments will not be on the ballot,” Young said.  “The information in the email isn’t true.”

The circulating email reads as follows:

…there will be Propositions 1, 2,  and 3 allowing the State
of Texas to start taxing Residential Homeowners.  So if you own  a home,
and these laws are passed, you will be taxed by the State.

I received a flyer from the Secretary of State, Hope Andrade, listing the
Propositions that are up for election in November.  I called to question
them before sending this message out to my homeowner friends.

PLEASE VOTE “NO” to Prop. 2 and 3 (HJR 36) unless you want to pay taxes to
the State also for owning a home.

Proposition 2:  The proposed amendment would appear on the ballot  as
follows:  “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
provide for the ad valor em taxation of a residence homestead solely on the
basis of the property’s value as a residence homestead”.

Proposition 3:  The proposed amendment would appear on the ballot as
follows:  The constitutional amendment providing the uniform standards and
procedures for the appraisal of property for ad valor em tax purposes”.

  http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/2009novballotexp.shtml

  Thank  you.

Young said that nothing in the email is true and even the attached link does not work.

CLICK HERE to see a sample ballots for Brown County for accurate information from the Brown County website.  Early voting begins on Monday, October 18th.