BALLOT INITIATIVES

Population: 264,000 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Lubbock  

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance was on the May 1st, 2021 ballot for the voters of Lubbock, Texas to decide. The ordinance was passed in a landslide election with 62% voting in favor of the ordinance and 38% voting against the ordinance. The ordinance went into effect on June 1st, 2021. 

Population: 101,612 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Tom Green  

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance will be on the November 8th, 2022 Ballot for the voters of San Angelo, Texas to decide.  

Population: 124,407 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Taylor / Jones   

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance will be on the November 8th, 2022 Ballot for the voters of Abilene, Texas to decide.  

Population: 6,730 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Smith  

Initiative Status: Once the citizens of Lindale collected the required number of signatures for the citizen initiative, the Lindale City Council voted to go ahead and pass the ordinance outlawing abortion.  

Population: 22,343 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Hale  

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance will be on the November 8th, 2022 Ballot for the voters of Plainview, Texas to decide.  

Population: 13,121

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Henderson

 
Initiative Status: The Citizen Initiative Petition process as outlined in the Athens City Charter has begun and signatures are currently being collected in Athens, Texas