Results: 10 propositions on the Republican primary ballot

State parties can opt to put propositions on the ballot. They are a poll of the voter base, but do not impact policy or change any laws.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you voted in the primary election as a Republican in Texas, you saw a series of 10 propositions listed at the bottom of your ballot. Democrats did not see them.

A KXAN viewer reached out to ask why.

State parties can opt to put propositions on their party's primary ballot. They are a poll of the voter base but do not impact policy or change any laws.

To see how those appeared, you can find those propositions on the Bastrop County sample Republican ballot here, the Travis County sample Republican ballot here and the Hays County sample Republican ballot here.

These were the questions on the Republican primary ballot in 2022. Voters were asked to mark 'yes' or 'no.'

• In light of the federal government’s refusal to defend the southern border, Texas should immediately deploy the National Guard, Texas Military Forces, and necessary state law enforcement to seal the border, enforce immigration laws, and deport illegal aliens
• Texas should eliminate all property taxes within ten (10) years without implementing a state income tax.
• Texans should not lose their jobs, nor should students be penalized, for declining a COVID-19 vaccine.
• Texas schools should teach students basic knowledge and American exceptionalism and reject Critical Race Theory and other curricula that promote Marxist doctrine and encourage division based on creed, race, or economic status.
• Texas should enact a State Constitutional Amendment to defend the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, from fertilization until natural death.
• The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature should end the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to Democrats.
• Texas should protect the integrity of our elections by verifying that registered voters are American citizens, restoring felony penalties and enacting civil penalties for vote fraud, and fighting any federal takeover of state elections.
• Texas should ban chemical castration, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgery on all minor children for sex transition purposes.
• Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
• Texans affirm that our freedoms come from God and that the government should have no control over the conscience of individuals.

Republican voters overwhelmingly voted 'yes' on all 10 of these propositions, according to unofficial results. You can see the breakdown of those on the Texas Elections Results page.

Texas Republicans also put ballot propositions on the 2020 ballot which included: prayer in public schools, the right to keep and bear arms and questions about the border.