by ABC-7 Reporter/Anchor Celina Avila

EL PASO, Texas -- The Texas Constitution could be on the verge of an overhaul.

Voters will decide Tuesday on 11 proposed constitutional amendments. But a lot of voters may be guessing with their ballots.

Though there's been a push to educate folks on some of the proposed amendments, ABC-7 found a lot of people who knew little about them, and others who didn't even know about the election.

"The only one I know about is the UTEP one," one El Paso woman said.

She may have seen a billboard urging voters to approve Proposition 4, which sets up a national research fund to help emerging research universities such as UTEP.

"Most of them don't matter to me, one way or the other."

It matters to the UTEP Student Government Association, and they tried to spread the word, but it doesn't look like many other students found the time.

"For these it's tough to ramp up the enthusiasm," said UTEP political science professor Gregory Rocha. He says he's not surprised about the voter apathy.

"The problem is that sometimes the wordings are so archaic that it's really tough to sift through them," he said.

Another problem is how many times the state's constitution has been amended. "I mean what, I think we've amended the constitution, I mean, 30 some odd times," griped one El Paso voter.

Rocha explains while not very exciting, there are some propositions that could affect you, including Proposition 11, which limits eminent domain authority to a governmental entity.

He said Proposition 11 is important "given the push that we've seen recently, the redevelopment downtown or towards ports of entry along the border."

One El Paso voter told us whatever it may be, "it's extremely important that we as citizens express our views on it."

Click on the links to the left for more information on the proposed amendments and polling places for the election.