By Claudia Lorena Silva, El Paso Matters Two El Paso school districts are seeking voter approval to increase the operations portion of their tax rates beyond the state’s limit, hoping to generate new revenue and improve their financial standing. Early voting for the Socorro and Tornillo independent school districts’ voter approval tax ratification elections — or VATREs — begins Monday and runs through Oct. 31. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Both will appear on the ballots of voters living within the districts’ boundaries as Proposition A. Also on the ballot will be 17 state propositions, including property tax relief that will offset most if not all of the tax increases being proposed by the school districts. The district elections were triggered after their respective school boards ado

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