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Volume 55, Number 043 830-379-2234
It's Election Day Polls open across Guadalupe County By Darren Dunn Those local contested races are all on the Republican Primary ballot. Hayes says voters will have to decide which issues and candidates are most important to them, and then decide which party's ballot they would like to choose.
(Seguin) -- Today is election day across the Lone Star State. The Democratic and Republic primary elections are being held jointly today. Voters will be choosing the party nominees for a number of local, state and federal races. Guadalupe County Elections Administrator Lisa Hayes says voting has been made easy for those heading to the polls today. "I think the most important thing for them to know is that Guadalupe County is doing vote centers, which means that any registered voter in Guadalupe County can go to any one of our 34 election day, voting locations. They are not restricted to the precinct in which they are registered. So we have a list on our website of 34 voting locations for election day, and registered voters in Guadalupe County can go to any one of those Guadalupe County locations -- and that is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. We've done everything that we can to make it convenient for them to go to the location that's most convenient to their daily routine. I think it's really important that voters are aware of that, because it really can save them some time, and potentially some frustration if they were trying to go to a location that's completely on the other side of town," said Hayes.
and voters must choose which party they want to help select their nominees for the general election in November.
It may not be an easy decision for some. It's a presidential election year, and that decision is all but made on the GOP ballot -with President Donald Trump expected to Voters will have to decide if they want to easily win his party's nomination. vote in either the Democratic and Republic prmaries. Primaries are partisan elections, Meanwhile, the Democratic presidential
"Because this is a primary election, and it's a party primary election -- when the voters go to the polls, they are going to have to decide if they want a Democratic ballot or a Republican ballot. When they are checked in to vote, they are going to have to make that decision and let the poll worker know which ballot they would like to vote on. So it's very important that they know, preferably before they go, which party's ballot they are going to want. This is election, is the election that will determine which candidates, for each party, go on to November; and in November, all the different parties will be on the (same) ballot. So voters will have to decide for this election, which party ballot they want. I know sometimes that's a difficult decision, but that is a decision that contenders are spending a lot of time and has to be made if they want to vote in this money in Texas, all in an attempt to earn the primary election," said Hayes. right to become the Democratic nominee and to have a chance to face President Presidential elections generally produce a Trump in November. That contested race at higher turnout. the top of the Democratic ballot might entice some voters to choose the Hayes says those, who haven't voted since Democratic ballot; however, those people the last presidential election cycle in 2016, would not be able to vote on any of the will notice some changes in some of the local GOP races, like the races for sheriff or voting equipment that's used today. state district judge. See ELECTIONS, pge 3