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If early voter turnout is any indication,
then voter turnout this Saturday, May 12, should be higher than
normal.
According to DeLeon City Secretary Karen
Wilkerson, more than 140 early voters had cast their ballots in the
city and school elections by Tuesday morning, May 8, the last full day
of early voting, with the polls remaining open until 7 p.m.
County Clerk Ruby Lesley reported more
than 350 early voters at the courthouse by Tuesday morning.
There was speculation that the local school bond issue was, in part,
responsible for the early voter turnout in DeLeon.
Election results will be posted on this
website as soon as they become available Saturday night.
Candidate statements and photos are
available here now.
In the City elections, three people have
filed for Council Place 3, Fred Turner, Marion Quade and Benny Morris.
Avery Carlisle (incumbent) and Roy Dale Freeman have both filed for
Council Place 4. Gayle Stroud is running unopposed for Council Place
5.
The race for the three positions on the
DISD board of trustees drew three new candidates, Laura Brown, Dwight
Dold and Brad Sanders. Incumbents Kelly Dickey and Becky Golden both
filed for re-election. The three DISD candidates with the most votes
will be elected. Voters will also be asked to decide the fate of an $8
million school bond proposal.
In the race for the Comanche County
Consolidated Hospital District Board of Directors, Janna Morris,
Gayland Daugherty and Marvin McKinnon each filed for Place 1. Billy
Ray Evans and Cedric Bettis both filed for Place 6. Dr. Beau McCrory
filed for Place 2, and will run against incumbent Karen Carr. Gale
Easley, Place 3, is running unopposed, as are Charles Mazurek, Place
4, and Joe Locke, Place 5.
There will also be a constitutional
amendment on the ballot authorizing the legislature to provide for a
reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes
that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence
homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the
rate of those taxes for the 2006 and 2007 tax years.” |
