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Short Writing assignment 2

Short Writing assignment 2

Q The current Texas Constitution was designed to provide greater popular control over government. Thus, the people are given a direct say in the amendment process. Given the low levels of turnout in elections dealing with amendments, how much does this process really enhance democracy?

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It was observed that 1.6 million Texans turned out for the Constitutional amendment election. It was related to a couple of issues of interest to ordinary voters which included an attempt to decrease the property taxes for homeowners, a plan to spend more on the development of highways and transportation by up to $5 billion and put an end to the need that statewide elected officials live in the state capital. Each of the seven proposals on that ballot passed easily. Most of the voters of Texas did not care about it (Ramsey, 2017). The 2019 election only attracted 101 million voters. Everything was passed including the amendment legalizing reverse mortgages in Texas. In 2011 only 690052 Texans came to vote out of 12.8 million who were registered to vote at that time to cast their vote on 10 amendments. They voted against thre