Voting starts Monday for council, mayor

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Early voting for the Saturday, May 4 local election will begin Monday, April 22 and will include the mayoral race along with two city council seats.

The ballot will include mayoral candidates incumbent mayor David Leatherwood and challenger John Staud, Place 2 City Council incumbent candidate Orion Gallagher and challenger Nancy Williams and a Place 4 city councilmember race between Jacob McCullough and Tyson Lueck.

Early voting will be held at Patrick Street Church of Christ (630 N. Patrick St. in Dublin) and the new Erath County Annex (222 E. College St. in Stephenville).

Early voting may be done from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, April 22 through Thursday, April 25; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 26; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, April 29-Tuesday, April 30.

Election Day voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4.

Vote centers are used on Election Day so voters can cast their ballot at any location regarding of what precinct they reside in.

Locations for Election Day include: Patrick St. Church of Christ, the new County Annex, Texas Bank (9888 Wolfe Nursery Road in Stephenville), Morgan Mill Community Center (406 CR 156 in Stephenville), Bluff Dale Community Center (175 Holt in Bluff Dale) and Huckabay ISD Cafeteria (200 CR 421 in Stephenville).

The city of Stephenville, Stephenville ISD, Bluff Dale ISD, Huckabay ISD, Morgan ISD and Three Way ISD will also all have elections on the May 4 ballot.

For those interested in learning more about the local candidates, the Dublin Citizen has been publishing candidate profiles for the past several weeks. A digital Voters Guide will be dropped free online Friday, April 19 with the same profile information included about all Dublin candidates. Go to www. dublincitizen.com.