The propositions on the ballot matter to all Texans:

• Proposition 1 increases the homestead exemption from $15,000 to $25,000
• Proposition 2 extends a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of a totally disable veteran who died before 2010
• Proposition 3 repeals the requirement that certain statewide officers live in Austin
• Proposition 4 permits professional sports teams to conduct charitable raffles
• Proposition 5 allows counties with fewer than 7,500 people to provide private road maintenance
• Proposition 6 includes in the Constitution the right to hunt and fish
• Proposition 7 diverts $2.5 Billion or more of sales tax revenue from the General Fund to the State Highway Fund