Wood County voters agreed with their fellow Texans in the state constitutional amendment election Tuesday, Nov. 7 passing 13 of 14 propositions.

Only Prop. 13, extending the retirement age for judges, failed.

Wood County said no by a 4,014-2,391 margin while the measure failed statewide with 62.7% of voters against.

The property tax relief measure, Prop. 4, passed with one of the highest margins.

Wood County favored the increased homestead exemption and other measures by 5,890 to 658 while the approval margin was five to one statewide.

That was also the statewide margin for Prop. 9, offering a cost-of-living raise to retired school personnel. Wood County approved 5,093 to 1,455.

The proposition with the narrowest passing margin was Prop. 12 to abolish the county treasurer’s office in Galveston County at just under 53% statewide and 3,290 to 2,607 in Wood County.

Voter turnout in Wood County was almost 20%, with 6,615 ballots cast of the 33,961 registered voters.

The statewide turnout was 14.4%.

The last constitutional amendment election in 2021 saw a turnout of just over 10% in the county and in 2019 it was 17%.

Vote totals for Wood County for other propositions:

Prop. 1 (right to farm) – 5,731 to 840

Prop. 2 (child care tax exemption) – 3,895 to 2,556

Prop. 3 (prohibiting wealth tax) – 5,349 to 1,126

Prop. 5 (higher education funding) – 3,420 to 3,010

Prop. 6 (water fund financing) – 4,585 to 1,868

Prop. 7 (state energy fund) – 4,477 to 1,985

Prop. 8 (broadband funding) – 4,345 to 2,118

Prop. 10 (medical/biomedical tax exemption) – 3,555 to 2,848

Prop. 11 (El Paso parks bonds) – 3,181 to 2,898

Prop. 14 (state park funds) – 4,408 to 1,894