Texas voters to decide on a combined 23 non-binding advisory questions in the March 3 primaries

On March 3, Texas voters will decide on a series of non-binding advisory questions that the state's Democratic and Republican parties put on their respective primary ballots. Democratic ballots will have 13 questions. Republican ballots will have 10 questions.

An advisory question is a ballot measure in which citizens vote on a non-binding question. The outcome of an advisory question does not result in a new, changed, or repealed law or constitutional amendment. Instead, advisory questions are used to gauge voter sentiment about party positions.

At least three states — Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas — have allowed political parties to include nonbinding political party advisory questions on statewide primary ballots. All three states have open primaries, meaning voters do not have to formally affiliate with a political party in advance to vote in that party's primary.

The Texas Democratic Party last placed advisory questions on the ballot in 2020, when there were 11. The approval rate ranged from 91.5% for a question on income and corporate taxes to 97.6% for a question on the right to a clean environment.


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