Early vote in runoff starts on Monday

 Donley County voters will go back to the polls soon to make a final decision on who will be the Republican nominee for County Judge.

Randy Bond and John Howard were the top two vote getters for that position during the March primary, but neither man got more than 50 percent of the total vote in that four-person race.

Early voting by personal appearance will begin Monday, May 19, at the Donley County Courthouse Annex and continue through Friday, May 23. The Republican Runoff Election will be held Tuesday, May 27.

Voters who cast ballots in the Republican primary may vote in the runoff. Voters who did not vote at all in the primary election may also vote, but voters who cast ballots in the Democratic primary cannot vote in the Republican runoff.

The winner of the Republican runoff is facing no opposition in the November General Election and will succeed County Judge Jack Hall, who is retiring at the end of his term.

Several statewide races are also on the runoff ballot, and a Voters Guide for those positions is now available to the public online at the League of Women Voters of Texas website, www.lwvtexas.org. The nonpartisan Guide includes candidates in several contested statewide races and their answers to questions posed by the League.

Voters can also go to www.VOTE411.org for the Voters Guide information. By entering their address, voters can review the answers of candidates they can vote on as well as any ballot initiatives specific to that address.

Statewide runoff races include Democrat candidates for U.S. Senate, Republican candidates for lieutenant governor, Republican candidates for Texas attorney general, Democrat and Republican candidates for commissioner of agriculture, and Republican candidates for railroad commissioner.

There are also candidates for the State Board of Education but not for the position from the Panhandle district, which is not up for election this year.