Early voting for the Nov. 5 Election in now underway and will continue through Nov. 1.
1,753 individuals cast their vote on the first day of early voting Monday, Oct. 21.
For those wanting to cast their ballots early, there are two locations to do so: the Main Voting location at the new Erath County Annex located at 222 East College Street and at the Dublin Annex located at 219 South Grafton Street.
Early voting hours at the Main Voting location are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 21-Oct. 25 and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 28-Nov. 1 and extended hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27.
In Dublin, hours for early voting are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 21-Oct. 25 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 28-Nov. 1.
For voters who may be seeking a nonbiased platform to look up information on candidates, https://vote411.org/ texas provides reliable information from the League of Women Voters.
On the ballot, for the entire country is the race for president. Candidates include former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance (Rep), current Vice President Kamala D. Harris and running mate Tim Walz (Dem), Chase Oliver and running mate Mike ter Maat (Lib), and Jill Stein and running mate Rudolph Ware (GRN).
Also on the ballot for Texas is United States Senator between incumbent Ted Cruz (Rep) and challengers Colin Allred (Dem) and Ted Brown (Lib).
Longtime incumbent Roger Williams (Rep) is uncontested in the race for U.S. Rep., District 25.
For railroad commissioner, voters have the choice to vote between four candidates: incumbent Christi Craddick (Rep), Katherine Culbert (Dem), Hawk Dunlap (Lib), and Eddie Espinoza (Grn).
For Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2, voters will have a choice between incumbent Jimmy Blacklock (Rep) and DaSean Jones (Dem).
For Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4, voters will have a choice between incumbent John Devine (Rep) and Christine Vinh Weems (Dem).
For Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6, voters will have a choice between incumbent Jane Bland (Rep), Bonnie Lee Goldstein (Dem), and J. David Roberson (Lib).
For presiding judge, court of criminal appeals, voters will cast ballots for either David J. Schenck (Rep) and Holly Taylor ( Dem).
For judge, court of criminal appeals, Place 7 voters will cast a ballot for either Gina Parker (Rep) or Nancy Mulder (Dem).
For judge, court of criminal appeals, Place 8 voters will cast a ballot for either Lee Finley (Rep) or Chika Anyiam (Dem).
For State Rep., District 59 voters will cast a ballot either for incumbent Shelby Slawson (Rep) or Hannah Bohm (Dem).
Incumbent candidate John Bailey (Rep) is uncontested in the race for Chief Justice, 11th Court of Appeals District.
Incumbent candidate Alan Nash (Rep) is unopposed for District Attorney, 266th Judicial District.
For County Attorney, candidate Bethany Espinoza (Rep) is unopposed.
For Erath County Sheriff, incumbent Sheriff Matt Coates (Rep) is unopposed.
For County Tax-Assessor Collector, voters will cast their ballots for either Valerie Stephen (Rep) or Marycruz Serrano (Dem).
For Precinct No. 2 Constable, candidate Ryan Gibson (Rep) is unopposed.
For Precinct No. 1, 3 and 4, Constable candidate Jason Schipper is unopposed.
For those in Precinct 3 for County Commissioner, Sherman Edwards will be the sole candidate on the ballot. (Edwards was appointed to the seat when longtime commissioner Joe Brown retired since Edwards had already won the Republican primary at that point). Those who live in the following school districts will have additional items to vote on for the Nov. 5 ballot.
Huckabay ISD
Huckabay ISD will also have a bond election on the ballot. To read the bond, see page B4-8 in this week’s edition of The Dublin Citizen.
Lingleville ISD
Those voting in Lingleville ISD will cast ballots on the following school board races.
Position 1 between Andrew Grimm and incumbent Sonya Joke (vote for one).
Position 2 – incumbent Justin Wilson is running unopposed.
Position 3 between Jerod James and incumbent Larry Griffin (vote for 1).
Position 4 – incumbent Brent Hallmark is running unopposed.
Morgan Mill ISD
For those in Morgan Mill ISD, voters will cast their ballot for either David Kincannon or Allen Cheyenne Cobb.