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City of Terrell Proposition I: charter amendment on abstaining without declaring a conflict of interest

On the ballot in
City of Terrell
Vote
Yes or no
Election
Nov 3, 2026

The question, as printed on the ballot

Shall the Charter be amended to provide that if no conflict of interest is announced an abstention from voting shall be counted as an affirmative vote?

A “Yes” vote means

A yes vote counts an abstention as a yes vote when no conflict of interest has been announced.

A “No” vote means

A no vote leaves the Terrell charter's treatment of abstentions unchanged.

Sources

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