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Honestly, the ballotopedia summary [1] isn't much clearer! Looks like it passed overwhelmingly (87%), so presumably folks knew what it meant from TV ads? Or the
by gnicholas 4y ago
Honestly, the ballotopedia summary [1] isn't much clearer! Looks like it passed overwhelmingly (87%), so presumably folks knew what it meant from TV ads? Or they were all successfully and massively misled by the other side's ads, and they had no idea what it meant!
1: https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Proposition_1,_Property_Tax_Limit_Reduction_for_Elderly_and_Disabled_Residents_Amendment_(May_2022) https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Proposition_1,_Property_Tax_Li...
- amilios 4y agoThe ballotpedia summary shows that there wasn't really a campaign opposing the measure it seems? In which case presumably it makes sense that it passed overwhelmingly, if no one was voicing any arguments against it
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoOr people didn't understand it enough to oppose it, or interpreted it opposite to the received interpretation and so were for it, or didn't have enough money to mount a campaign, or assumed others would campaign against it, or ...