Tax reform, along with bail practices, dementia research and the state's water supply, are on a ballot that includes 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Early voting starts Monday. Election Day is Nov.

Early voting will run for two weeks, from Monday, Oct. 20, through Friday, Oct 31. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4.

The legislature already passed this, but voters have to sign off on spending $3 billion from our budget surplus to create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT). That Texas commitment would be close to the $3.8 billion budgeted by the federal government for Alzheimer's research last year.

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reignited a debate over election integrity after posting on social media that her office identified more than 2,000 “potential noncitizens” registered to vote in Texas using an immigration database.

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Since 1876, Texans have participated in constitutional amendment elections due to Article 17 of the Texas Constitution, which allows voters to decide on proposed amendments. There are 17 proposed constitutional amendments on this year’s ballot, with early voting beginning Oct. 20 and ending Oct. 31.

Texas has found thousands of illegal immigrants registered to vote on state voter rolls. Secretary of State Jane Nelson said the potential noncitizens were flagged through a cross-check of the state's 18 million registered voters against federal citizenship records in the USCIS 'SAVE' database,