Balch Springs voters pass all 11 amendments to Home Rule Charter Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5; Polls are open in Collin County from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

All in all, Clarke said since this threshold is a constitutional amendment, it would require a 60% vote to pass to change it back to 50%. “And I do not see that happening,” Clark said.

Amendments’ 60% threshold is a joke. Congratulations to all the winners in Tuesday’s elections. By all accounts they earned an historic mandate by the overwhelming margin of their wins.

Of all 49 states, only 11 require a supermajority or other threshold to pass an amendment, and most of those 11 states still allow a simple majority as long as a certain percentage of people vote ...

– All 10 Orange County charter amendments on the ballot passed this year, along with a referendum to continue a sales tax for public schools. Here are the results for each amendment.

Both Amendment 3 and 4 failed with only 55.7% and 57% in favor, respectively. Both amendments needed 60% public approval to pass.

Louisiana voters Saturday approved all four constitutional amendments, adding rules on passing the budget, overhauling how local governments handle tax-delinquent properties and changing the ...