ELECTION DAY TODAY FOR RUNOFFS
Today, (Tuesday) is round two for the Texas primary. Texas election law says candidates in both the Republican and Democratic parties need to acquire at least 50 percent of the vote in the primary to be nominated for the November ballot. That left a lot of unfinished business from the March 4TH Primary. This is the day for the primary election runoff.
County Clerk Beth Rothermel says you polling site may have changed so it is important that you double check you polling site.
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The county has seven polling sites open today ( Tuesday) from 7am to 7pm. Precincts 101 and 109 will vote at the Frieden’s Church of Washington. Precincts 104, 115, 117, and 121 vote at the Washington County Events Center, at the fairgrouns.
Precinct 203 votes at the Chappell Hill Volunteer Fire Department. Precincts 205, 202, and 208 vote at the VFW Hall at 1200 Tom Green.
Precincts 307, 316, and 320 vote at the American Legion Hall at Fireman’s Park.
Precincts 311 and 312 vote at the Sons of Hermann Hall in Gay Hill, in the 1100 block of FM 390 WEST.
Precincts 406, 414, 418, and 419 all vote at the Blinn College Student Center.
Precincts 410 and 413 vote at the Burton Community Center.
Rothermel notes again, you can still vote in the runoff if you did not vote in the March fourth primary, but if you did you cannot switch parties.
She also reminds you that you need to show an official photo identification to the election judge. This could be a driver’s license, a state identification card, or a certificate of citizenship.
There is one contested race in Washington County in the Republican ballot. In precinct four, attorney Bill Kendall is vying for the Justice of the Peace bench against businesswoman Robin Luedtke,
Rothermel says she is encouraged by the high voter turnout in early voting. The early voting ended Friday afternoon with 1314 people casting ballots in the Republican primary and 84 casting Democratic ballots.
The polls will be open from 7am to 7pm.