State lawmakers this spring approved eight proposed constitutional amendments for the fall ballot and Governor Abbott has officially set the election date as November 2nd.
Voters will be asked to approve property tax exemptions for people whose spouses were members of the military who died in the line of duty.
There's also a provision that would explicitly block the state from imposing any limits on religious services. The state temporarily advised churches to limit their in-person attendance last year at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Another provision would allow nursing home residents to designate someone as an "essential caregiver" who could not be denied access to the facility. This comes after nursing home residents were cut off from their families as facilities limited access to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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