City of Brownsville Proposition E (Charter Amendment: Office of the City Secretary)
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: Government Efficiency
Writes the job of city secretary into the Brownsville City Charter by adding a new Section 21-B. The charter would provide for appointing a city secretary and spell out the office's duties: attending every City Commission meeting and keeping accurate minutes, recording all ordinances and resolutions, preserving the commission's and departments' records and files, tracking and countersigning commissions and licenses, hiring staff approved in the city budget, and keeping and applying the city seal.
A YES vote means
The city secretary becomes a charter office with duties and record-keeping obligations fixed in the charter, so they can be changed only by another vote of the people.
A NO vote means
The city secretary's role stays outside the charter and continues to be defined by ordinance and city practice, which the City Commission can change on its own.
Source: brownsvilletx.portal.civicclerk.com