No
Collin County
Prop A: $296.5M courts, jail, probation
Vote no.
Adds about 550 jail beds alongside needed courthouse repairs, with no diversion plan attached.
DFW Progressives · 2026 ballot guide
Your local
ballot measures.
Scroll the DFW Progressives recommendations for propositions and bonds in all five covered counties, or open a clean county-only link to share.
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Find your
county.
DFW Progressives graded 90 local propositions on the November 3 ballot. These are DFW Progressives recommendations, not election-office material. Use the county-only links below when you want to send voters directly to one county’s measures.
How to read the grades
- AStrong supportVote yes.
- BSupport, watch itVote yes, and stay engaged.
- CQualified supportNot perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.
- NoOpposeVote no.
- NeutralNo positionReview the details and make an informed decision.
Collin County
County propositions.
DFW Progressives’ recommendation and short rationale for each listed measure.
Open Collin County-only guide →B
Collin County
Prop B: $475M non-tolled roads
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Toll-free roads for a fast-growing county where families lose hours in traffic. Push for sidewalks, safety and transit next.
A
Collin County
Prop C: $6M parks and open space
Vote yes.
Parks and land, including joint projects with cities.
A
Collin County
Prop D: $40M elections and records facility
Vote yes.
Election infrastructure is democracy infrastructure. County-owned space replaces about $650,000 a year in leases.
A
Collin College
Prop A: $600M
Vote yes.
Workforce and career training, with new campuses in fast-growing east Collin. The college expects no rate increase.
B
City of Anna
Prop A: $60M streets
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
A fast-growing city needs streets. Watch which neighborhoods get them first.
A
Bland ISD
Prop A: school tax rate
Vote yes.
Operating money for a small public school district.
A
McKinney ISD
Props A and B: school tax rate, $430.95M facilities
Vote yes.
Teacher pay, new schools and safety. The total rate still drops about 3.8 cents.
B
McKinney ISD
Prop C: $62M technology
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Needed equipment. Devices wear out fast, so the district should pay these bonds off quickly.
C
McKinney ISD
Props D and E: $4.5M pool, $2.55M stadium
Not perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.
Repairs to athletic facilities that serve some students, not all. Small, but lower priority.
No
Lavon Municipal Development District
Prop 1: new 0.50% sales tax district
Vote no.
A new sales tax, which hits low-income shoppers hardest, for development projects no one has named.
B
Blue Meadow MUD No. 2 and No. 4
Prop G: fire plan
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Fire protection for the people who live there.
No
Blue Meadow MUD No. 2, No. 4, The Preserve MUD
Confirmation, bond and tax props
Vote no.
Developer-created district debt that future homeowners repay. See the full guide’s utility-district-bonds explanation.
Dallas County
County propositions.
DFW Progressives’ recommendation and short rationale for each listed measure.
Open Dallas County-only guide →B
Dallas County
Prop A: homelessness tax rate
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Housing-first help for about 4,500 more people a year. Stay engaged on results and how encampments are handled.
No
University Park
Prop A: $0.220055 tax rate
Vote no.
Most of the new money pays for police officers and parking enforcement with license plate readers.
A
Irving ISD
Props A and B: five replacement schools, including Irving High
Vote yes.
About half the district’s campuses are over 50 years old. Adds about 12.5 cents to the rate.
B
Irving ISD
Prop C: $40M technology
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Needed equipment. Watch the repayment term.
C
Irving ISD
Prop D: $60.2M indoor facilities
Not perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.
Real student benefit, but the least essential item, and voters rejected these facilities in 2023.
Denton County
County propositions.
DFW Progressives’ recommendation and short rationale for each listed measure.
Open Denton County-only guide →B
Bartonville, Justin, Lake Dallas
Street sales tax renewals
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Existing rates for street repair. The same sales-tax caution applies: every dollar should be accounted for.
B
Brookfield WCID
Prop A: fire and ambulance plan
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Basic emergency services through Denton County.
Neutral
Town of Double Oak
Prop A: alcohol sales
Review the details and make an informed decision.
A local personal-choice question outside DFW Progressives’ focus.
C
Town of Hickory Creek
Prop A: end the EDC, 1.75% town sales tax
Not perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.
Ending a business-incentive corporation is a good step. The town has not explained where the money goes or whether the total rate changes.
No
Cole Ranch ID No. 2, Denton County MUD No. 7, Northlake FWSD No. 1, Sanctuary MUD No. 2
All bond and tax props
Vote no.
Developer-created district debt that future homeowners repay. See the full guide’s utility-district-bonds explanation.
Rockwall County
County propositions.
DFW Progressives’ recommendation and short rationale for each listed measure.
Open Rockwall County-only guide →Neutral
City of Fate
Props A to D: council and mayor recalls
Review the details and make an informed decision.
A local dispute over individual officeholders. Read both sides before you vote. A FOR vote supports removing the officeholder.
Tarrant County
County propositions.
DFW Progressives’ recommendation and short rationale for each listed measure.
Open Tarrant County-only guide →A
North Richland Hills
Props A, B, D: fire stations, streets, library
Vote yes.
Core services. About $70 a year for the average home, with no change for seniors and disabled homeowners under the tax freeze.
B
North Richland Hills
Prop C: City Services Complex
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Needed, less visible. Watch the cost.
A
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
Prop A: school tax rate
Vote yes.
About $6.2M more a year for schools.
B
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
Prop B: $20M bus note refinancing
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Technical. Moves the cost of buses already bought out of the classroom budget.
A
Keller ISD
Prop A: $756.3M repairs and safety
Vote yes.
Failing air conditioning, with classrooms reaching 91 degrees. No debt tax rate increase.
B
Keller ISD
Prop B: $28M devices
Vote yes, and stay engaged.
Device refresh for students and staff. Watch the repayment term.
C
Keller ISD
Props C and D: $8.9M natatorium, $11.0M athletic repairs
Not perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.
Repairs to athletic facilities that serve some students, not all.
No
Keller ISD
Prop E: $23.9M artificial turf
Vote no.
Lowest priority in an $828M ask. Turf wears out in about 8 to 12 years and raises heat and chemical concerns.
No
Parker and Tarrant Counties MUD No. 1
Prop C: $911.9M roads
Vote no.
The English notice says $911.9M and the Spanish notice says $750M. Spanish-speaking voters got a different number for nearly $1B in debt.
No
Parker and Tarrant Counties MUD No. 1 (other props), Tarrant County FWSD No. 3
All other props
Vote no.
Developer-created district debt that future homeowners repay. See the full guide’s utility-district-bonds explanation.
Source: DFW Progressives 2026 Ballot Grades, updated October 19, 2026. Political advertising paid for by DFW Progressives.