Heavy turnout continues this week ahead of next week’s countywide local option election and city special election.
Early balloting continues through this Friday, November 1, and County Clerk Fay Vargas’ office reported Tuesday afternoon that 506 had voted in the countywide alcohol election and 321 had voted in the City of Clarendon election to select three new members of the Board of Aldermen.
Vargas says this is a good turnout and that in a typical constitutional amendment election, the voting total would only be about 300 people.
The Donley County alcohol question appears on ballots along with nine proposed amendments to the state constitution. Voters will be asked to choose FOR or AGAINST the following option: “The legal sale of all alcoholic beverages including mixed beverages.”
The election for the Clarendon Board of Aldermen is on a separate ballot for city residents only. There are three vacant positions on the board. Doug Kidd is the sole candidate for one term that expires in May 2015, and three people are vying for two other positions which expire in May 2014. Those candidates are Beverly Burrow, Wayne Cole, and Larry Jeffers.
Early ballots for both elections are being cast at the Donley County Courthouse Annex.
Election Day is next Tuesday, November 5, and polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For the county alcohol election and constitutional amendment election, voters must cast county ballots in their precincts at the following locations:
Precinct 101 – Bairfield Activity Center at Clarendon College.
Precinct 102 – Howardwick City Hall, 244 Rick Husband Blvd., Howardwick.
Precinct 201 – Donley County Courthouse, 300 S. Sully St., Clarendon.
Precinct 301 – Assembly of God Fellowship Hall, Hwy 70 South, Clarendon.
Precinct 302 – Hedley Lions Club, Main Street, Hedley.
Precinct 401 – Clarendon Church of Christ Family Life Center, 300 S. Carhart St., Clarendon.
Check your voter’s registration card to determine which precinct you are in.
Votes for the Clarendon Board of Aldermen may be cast at any polling place in the city limits, specifically the Bairfield Activity Center, the Donley County Courthouse, the Assembly of God Fellowship Hall, or Church of Christ Family Life Center.
Texas now requires voters to show photo ID at the polls. IDs that can be accepted include: Texas Department of Safety (DPS) issued photo IDs (driver’s license, personal ID card, concealed handgun license, and election identification certificate) or one of three United States government issued photo IDs (passport, military ID card, US citizenship or naturalization certificate). The photo ID must be current or expired no more than 60 days. Other photo IDs, including student IDs and employment IDs, cannot be accepted at the polls.
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