City of Brownsville Proposition J (Charter Amendment: Municipal Campaign Finance Regulations)
Brownsville city, Texas
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: High · 73 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 189,177 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(30,188,424 ÷ 189,177) ÷ ln(50,000) = 73.44, measured against a statewide vote in TX (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Anti-Corruption, Election Integrity
Adds a new Section 35, Municipal Campaign Finance, to Article V of the Brownsville City Charter. It would require the City Commission to adopt municipal campaign finance regulations that comply with federal and state law, so rules on money in city campaigns become a charter obligation rather than an optional policy choice.
A YES vote means
The City Commission is required by the charter to put municipal campaign finance rules in place by ordinance, within the limits of state and federal law.
A NO vote means
The charter imposes no campaign finance duty on the commission, and city campaigns remain governed only by existing state and federal rules and whatever the commission chooses to adopt.
Source: brownsvilletx.portal.civicclerk.com