Only one local ballot choice was served up in today’s General Election, which featured 17 up or down nods to Texas constitutional amendments staewide. That ballot item was only for Presidio County voters–Measure A, which would authorize the county to issue certificates of obligations for up to $5 million in debt, mostly for courthouse repairs in Marfa, but also for the county’s annex in Presidio as well as some new Road and Bridge Department equipment.
Measure A failed with 226 voting for and 593 against. The vote took on less meaning as a majority of the Commissioners Court have indicated they would not utilize the bonds even if they passed.
