Official sample-ballot measures
Review the propositions appearing on Bell County’s November 3, 2026 sample ballots. Mark For or Against to save a private planning choice on this device.
Not every proposition appears on every ballot. City, school-district, emergency-services, and utility-district measures appear only for voters inside those jurisdictions. The summaries below explain the effect of each choice; the official sample ballot controls.
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Hospital Services District
Creates a hospital district and authorizes a property tax of up to $0.75 per $100 of taxable value.
Bell County Emergency Services District No. 3
Confirms creation of Bell County Emergency Services District No. 3 and authorizes a property tax of up to $0.10 per $100 of valuation.
City of Killeen
Moves regular elections for mayor and councilmembers to the November uniform election date in odd-numbered years, with related technical changes.
City of Killeen
Repeals the requirement that a councilmember resign when filing to run for a different City Council office.
City of Killeen
Requires council vacancies to be filled by majority vote of the remaining councilmembers and permits a special election if a quorum no longer exists.
City of Killeen
Changes the time for the city secretary to certify an initiative or referendum petition, and for a petitioner to amend a deficient petition, from 10 days to 30 days.
City of Killeen
Prohibits the City Council from adopting or submitting to voters an initiated ordinance that conflicts with state law.
City of Killeen
Requires a recall affidavit to allege incompetence, official misconduct, or malfeasance in office.
City of Killeen
Changes the city secretary's deadline to provide recall-petition blanks after a recall affidavit from one day to five days.
City of Killeen
Requires a person filing a recall affidavit for a district councilmember to live in that council district.
City of Temple
Authorizes $15,000,000 in bonds for the Sammons Community Center and taxes sufficient to repay the bonds.
Bartlett Independent School District
Ratifies an ad valorem tax rate of $1.28040, projected to increase maintenance-and-operations tax revenue by 18.1708%, or about $220,000, over the preceding year.
Bartlett Independent School District
Authorizes up to $3,300,000 in refunding bonds for previously issued 2024 maintenance tax notes and taxes sufficient to repay the bonds.
Bartlett Independent School District
Authorizes up to $1,000,000 in refunding bonds for previously issued 2024 time warrants and taxes sufficient to repay the bonds.
Holland Independent School District
Ratifies an ad valorem tax rate of $1.0269, projected to increase maintenance-and-operations tax revenue by 4.39%, or about $432,918, over the preceding year.
Florence Independent School District
Ratifies an ad valorem tax rate of $1.0182 per $100 of valuation, projected to increase maintenance-and-operations tax revenue by 9.07%, or about $734,420, over the preceding year.
Florence Independent School District
Authorizes $1,450,000 in refunding bonds for a previously issued 2015 maintenance tax and revenue note and taxes sufficient to repay the bonds.
Solana Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1
Confirms creation of Solana Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1. The ballot identifies the measure as a tax increase.
City of Nolanville
Deletes the charter section authorizing the creation of council wards and ward boundaries.
City of Nolanville
Measures the required 12 months of city residency for mayoral and council candidates from the filing deadline instead of the election or appointment date.
City of Nolanville
Removes charter language authorizing the mayor, with council consent, to appoint advisory-board and commission members in order to eliminate conflicting language.
City of Nolanville
Clarifies that the council may determine whether three consecutive meeting absences are excused or unexcused before taking action, including forfeiture of office.
City of Nolanville
Makes the City Council the final authority on whether forfeiture of office occurred and its effective date.
City of Nolanville
Requires the council to fill a mayoral or council vacancy within 90 days; an appointee serves until the next regular November municipal election, when a successor is elected for any remaining term.
City of Nolanville
Limits a person to four two-year terms in any one elective office, whether or not consecutive; appointed service does not count and limits apply separately to each office.
City of Nolanville
Removes the charter requirement to publish franchise ordinances in the city's official newspaper before they take effect; they would still take effect no sooner than 30 days after passage.
City of Nolanville
Changes the council's time to repeal or submit a referendum ordinance to voters from 30 days to 60 days, or the next uniform election date if none occurs within 60 days.
These summaries were transcribed from Bell County’s precinct-specific sample ballots reviewed October 3, 2026. Confirm the exact wording and the measures applicable to your address before voting.
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