EARLY VOTING CLOSES WITH STRONG TURNOUT

  

Early voting wrapped up on a high note Friday for the constitutional amendment election and Burton ISD bond election.

County Election Administrator Carol Jackson said 214 voters came out on Friday for the constitutional amendment election, the largest amount during a single day of early voting over the past two weeks.

The total of early voters was 1,254.  With 23,912 registered voters, that is a 5 percent voter turnout.

According to Jackson, the age group with the highest voter participation was voters 65 to 75 and older, while the largest number of voters came between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Meanwhile, 51 people closed out early voting on Friday for the Burton bond election.  Through two weeks of early voting, 470 people cast ballots.

Anyone who has not yet voted has one day left to do so, that being Election Day on Tuesday.  Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at several locations across Washington County.

For the constitutional amendment election, polling places include Friedens Church of Washington and the Washington County Expo Event Center for Precinct 1 voters, the Chappell Hill Volunteer Fire Department and Brenham VFW Hall for Precinct 2, the Brenham American Legion Hall and St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill for Precinct 3, and the Blinn College Student Center and Burton Community Center for Precinct 4.

Voters in the Burton ISD bond election can go to either St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Gay Hill if they are in Precinct 3, or the Burton Community Center if they are in Precinct 4.