City of Brownsville Proposition L (Charter Amendment: Citizen Initiative Process)
Brownsville city, Texas
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
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, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Election Integrity
Creates a citizen initiative process in the Brownsville City Charter as new Article VII, Section 3-A. Voters could propose city ordinances that do not conflict with the charter or state law by filing a petition signed by at least ten percent of the city's registered voters, with set rules for circulating petitions, sworn affidavits, filing, and certifying that a petition has enough valid signatures. The City Commission would have to take final action within thirty days, and if it refuses or passes a different version, the proposal goes to the voters. An ordinance adopted this way could be changed or repealed only after two years, the same subject could not be re-proposed for two years after it loses, and initiative elections could be held no more often than once every six months.
A YES vote means
Residents who gather signatures from ten percent of registered voters can force the City Commission to act on a proposed ordinance and, failing that, put it directly on the ballot.
A NO vote means
Brownsville voters have no charter initiative right, so new city ordinances can be proposed only by the City Commission.
Source: brownsvilletx.portal.civicclerk.com