The two-week early voting period for Tuesday’s constitutional amendment election ended Friday with 198 ballots cast in Scurry County.
The total represented 2.1 percent of the 9,274 eligible voters.
Voting will continue on Tuesday at four different locations.
Voters in Precincts 5 through 7 will cast ballots at the Scurry County Library while the Towle Park barn will be the voting place for people in Precincts 8 through 10.
The south side of The Coliseum will be used for Precincts 11 through 13 while voters in Precincts 14 and 15 will vote on the north side of The Coliseum.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Results of the amendment election will be posted on the Snyder Daily News Facebook page when they are announced by the Scurry County Clerk’s office.
Here is how the amendments will be worded on the ballot:
• Proposition 1 — The constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran if the residence homestead was donated to the disabled veteran by a charitable organization for less than the market value of the residence homestead and harmonizing certain related provisions of the Texas Constitution.
• Proposition 2 — The constitutional amendment to establish a lower amount for expenses that can be charged to a borrower and removing certain financing expense limitations for a home equity loan, establishing certain authorized lenders to make a home equity loan, changing certain options for the refinancing for home equity loans, changing the threshold for an advance of a home equity line of credit, and allowing home equity loans on agricultural homesteads.
• Proposition 3 — The constitutional amendment limiting the service of certain officeholders appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate after the expiration of the person’s term of office.
• Proposition 4 — The constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the Legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional.
• Proposition 5 — The constitutional amendment on professional sports teams’ charitable foundations conducting charitable raffles.
• Proposition 6 — The constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
• Proposition 7 — The constitutional amendment relating to legislative authority to permit credit unions and other financial institutions to award prizes by lot to promote savings.