Wood County voters agreed with the rest of Texas approving nine of the 10 state constitutional amendments. In Wood County 5,160 out of 30,374 registered voters went to the polls representing 17 percent of eligible voters. 

Proposition 4 concerned a state income tax and voters overwhelmingly voted yes. It was the amendment prohibiting an individual income tax, including a tax on an individual’s share of partnership and unincorporated association income. The vote in Wood County was 4,588 voting yes to just 521 voting no which represented 89 percent to 11 percent. Statewide, the yes vote was 74 percent (1,467,994) to 26 percent (504,848).

The only proposition which did not pass was number one, the amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal job at the same time. The statewide totals were 65 percent voting no to 35 percent voting yes, while in Wood County it was 64 percent (3,214) to 36 percent (1,846).

In the special utility district vote in Precinct 1-2 in the Yantis area, voters had to decide to vote on the conversion of Lake Fork Water Supply Corporation into the Lake Fork Special Utility District, the transfer of all assets, liabilities and the Water Certificate of Convenience and Necessity #11575 to the Lake Fork Special Utility District and the dissolution of Lake Fork Water Supply Corporation. Those voters approved the measure 220-92.

Three directors were elected to serve on the Lake Fork Utility District Board of Directors. Elected to a one-year term was Ken Stribley who had with 212 votes over Mickey Delamar who had 182 and Quin Marsten Jr. with 135. The two-year term of office went to Gary Watson who defeated Jerry McCord 220 to 185 and the three-year term was won by Keith Gilbreath with 232 votes to Robert Fisher’s 195.

There was only one amendment race that was even close. Proposition 9, authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation of precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in the state. In Wood County the vote was 2,865 to 2,073 or 58 to 42 percent. Statewide, the vote was 977,272 (52 percent) to 916, 513 (48 percent).

Proposition 10, which was an amendment to allow the transfer of a law enforcement animal to a qualified caretaker in certain circumstances, won easy approval with a state vote of 1,845,272 to 123,032 or 94 percent to six percent. In Wood County the yes vote was 4,836 to 241.

All other amendments passed handily.