SEVERAL RACES TO BE DECIDED SATURDAY

  

Election Day has arrived, and it’s the final day to vote for the Brenham City Council, Burton School Board and Blinn College Board elections.

Blinn College races are countywide, so voters in several election precincts will need to go to two separate ballot boxes. For Blinn College, Dennis Crowson and H.F. Poehlmann are running for the Position Three seat currently held by David Sommer, who is not running for re-election.

Two races are on the ballot for Brenham City Council, including mayor and Ward Four councilmember. For mayor, incumbent Milton Tate is being challenged by former mayor and county judge Dorothy Morgan.  In the Ward Four election, incumbent Danny Goss is facing challenger Adonna Saunders.

For the Burton School Board, four candidates are running for two seats on the board: incumbents Demetrius Colvin and Jeff Harmel, and challengers Jon Johnson and Sue Pinkerton. In addition, incumbent Ande Bostain and challenger John Parffrey are running in a special election to fill the unexpired term of trustee Linda Hasten, who resigned after moving out of the district.

Washington County Clerk Beth Rothermel said where to cast ballots in this election could be “somewhat confusing”, and said voters should consult their yellow registration cards which will tell them the voting precinct and school district they are voting in. Voters can also call the Washington County Courthouse at 979-277-6200.

Voting is available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  KWHI will have live election coverage beginning at 7 p.m., when polls close.

Voting for the Burton School Board will be held at the high school lobby at 917 North Main Street (election precincts 311, 312, 410, and 413).

Blinn College polling locations are:

• Election precinct 101 — Frieden’s Church, 20322 FM 1155 in Washington.
• Election precincts 104, 117, 121 and 115 — Brenham City Hall, 200 W. Vulcan.
• Election precinct 109 — St. Matthew Lutheran Church activity hall, 8819 FM 2621.
• Election precincts 202 and 208 — First Baptist Church, 7675 FM 2447.
• Election precinct 205 — Brenham Junior High band hall.
• Election precincts 307, 316 and 320 — Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library, 100 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
• Election precinct 311 — St. Peter’s Lutheran Church education building, 8201 Old Gay Hill Road.
• Election precinct 312 — St. John Lutheran Church education building, 6605 Old Independence Road.
• Election precincts 406, 414, 418 and 419 — Blinn College Student Center, 1007 Walter Schwartz Parkway.
• Election precincts 410 and 413 — Burton High School lobby, 917 N. Main.

City of Brenham polling places are as follows.  Note that only residents in Ward Four will cast votes in the race between Goss and Saunders:

• Ward One (voting precincts 117, 121, 307 and 418) — Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.
• Ward Two (voting precincts 104 and 316) — Brenham City Hall.
• Ward Three (voting precincts 205 and 419) — Brenham Junior High band hall.
• Ward Four (voting precincts 202 and 406) — Blinn College Student Center.