Illustration by Todd Wiseman

*Correction appended.

On Nov. 3, Texas voters will consider whether to add anotherย seven amendments toย the hundredsย already in the state constitution.ย 

The topics of the proposedย amendments range from increasing property tax exemptions toย repealing a requirement that state officials must live in Austinย to protecting the right to hunt and fish. Early voting for the statewide measures starts Mondayย and ends Oct. 30.

Because of the constitution’s rigid 1876ย form that restricts state government authority, the Texas Legislature regularly proposes new amendments to the constitution.ย Lawmakers addedย theย proposed measures to this yearโ€™s ballot during theย legislative session that ended June 1.ย Over the years,ย Texas voters have approvedย 484ย of 666 proposed amendments to the 139-year-old constitution.

Hereโ€™s what eachย proposition would do.

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Correction: An earlier version of this story said incorrectly that the lieutenant governor is required to live in Austin. The state constitution has no such requirement for the lieutenant governor.

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Luqman Adeniyi was a 2015 reporting fellow for The Texas Tribune. He studied political communications and business at the University of Texas at Austin. Luqman previously interned at the Associated Press...