TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016 VOLUME 90 ■ ISSUE 121
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Runoff to the polls
Early voting for Lubbock runoff elections ends today By KODICHI NWANKWO Staff Writer
Today is the last day to cast a vote during the early voting period of Lubbock’s runoff elections. The runoff race for Lubbock Municipal Judge is between Susan Rowley and Jorge E. Hernandez. As for the Lubbock City Council, Juan A. Chadis and Frank Gutierrez are competing in District 1 while Shelia Patterson Harris and Jared B. Hall are competing in District 2. Lubbock County Elections Administrator Dorothy Kennedy said people interested in voting early can go to the Lubbock County Elections Office or to any of the United Supermarkets grocery stores with the exception of the one located on 50th and Indiana from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m and cast their vote. People seem to take advantage of the nine days of early voting Kennedy said. “It is important to have that many days of early voting,” Kennedy said, “because it gives people flexibility on
their schedule and they can plan ahead to make sure they cast their vote.” Only registered voters in the city of Lubbock can vote in the runoff elections she said. Every election is important, Kennedy said, but especially when it is a runoff. “When you get to a runoff a lot of the time, you see the numbers drop off and so every vote then becomes critically important because turn out does get lower and if you are concerned or have a particular candidate you want to win,” Kennedy said, “then you need to make sure you and your family members and friends go out and vote.” Alexandra McDaniel, a junior social work major at the University of North Texas, has been living in O’Donnell with her family for the past 10 years. Originally from the Dallas-Forth Worth area, McDaniel said she had not been paying attention to the local election because she feels like the presidential election is more important.
“I am registered to vote,” McDaniel said. “However, I don’t really pay attention to the local elections. I care more about the people running to be the president of America because I feel like it will affect me more.” While McDaniel said she believes the presidential election would affect her personally, Kennedy said that local elections have a more significant impact right away. “People get all excited about the presidential election,” Kennedy said, “but the local elections on city council in schools is very immediate to you and more so than the federal level because these people have much more direct effect on your daily lives in terms of taxes, property tax rates, when you can water your yard, or when you can run your fire place in some cities.” This Saturday is election day for the city, and there are various locations where people can go out to vote.
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1: Voting signs are located outside of the United Supermarket on 4th and Slide. 2: Campaign signs for the people participating in the Lubbock runoff elections line the entrance to the United Supermarkets on 4th and Slide. 3: Poll booths are set up at different United Supermarkets grocery stores around the city for early voting, which ends today. The official election day for the runoffs will be on Saturday.
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