Early voting in primaries continues into next week

Early voting in primaries continues into next week News Staff Fri, 02/23/2024 - 10:44 am

• (THE GRAHAM LEADER | ARCHIVE PHOTO) Early voting in the primary election kicked off Tuesday and will continue into next week across the state and in Young County.

Thomas Wallner editor@grahamleader.com

Early voting in the primary election kicked off Tuesday and will continue into next week across the state and in Young County. Local, state and national seats are on the Republican and Democratic ballots.

The primary election had 563 voters turnout for early voting as of the end of the day Thursday, Feb. 22, or a total turnout of 4.7% of the 12,015 registered county voters.

The only two local contested races in the election are for Young County Sheriff and Young County Precinct 3 Commissioner.

Candidates for sheriff are incumbent Travis Babcock and Dan Birbeck. Candidates for Young County Precinct 3 Commissioner are Scott (Scooter) Philipp, Alan Craig and Dickie “Coach” Scott.

Early voting will run through Friday, March 1 at two locations. The early voting locations are North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham and Olney Community Library at 807 W. Hamilton in Olney.

Early voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 20-23, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 26 through Friday, March 1.

Election day voting in the primary election will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 at five locations.
The election day voting locations are First Baptist Church at 501 Graham St. in Newcastle, First United Methodist Church at 700 Third St. in Graham, Loving Volunteer Fire Department at 8891 Hwy. 114 in Loving and the two early voting locations.

Voters registered in Young County can vote at any location during the early or election day voting period.
For more election information, visit co.young.tx.us/page/young.elections.

Republican Ballot

President
o Donald J. Trump
o Vivek Ramasawamy
o Ryan L. Binkley
o Ron DeSantis
o Asa Hutchinson
o Nikki Haley
o Chris Christie
o David Stuckenberg
o Uncommitted

United State Senator
o R E (Rufus) Lopez
o Holland “Redd” Gibson
o Ted Cruz

United States Representative District 25
o Roger Williams
o Vince Crabb
o Matthew Lucci

Railroad Commissioner
o Petra Reyes
o Corey Howell
o Christie Clark
o James “Jim” Matlock
o Christi Craddick

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2
o Jimmy Blacklock

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4
o Brian Walker
o John Devine

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6
o Jane Bland

Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals
o David J. Schenck
o Sharon Keller

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7
o Gina Parker
o Barbara Parker Hervey

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8
o Lee Finley
o Michelle Slaughter

Member, State Board of Education, District 15
o Aaron Kinsey

State Senator District 30
o Brent Hagenbuch
o Jace Yarbrough
o Cody Clark
o Carrie De Moor State

Representative, District 68
o David Spiller
o Kerri Kingsbery

Chief Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District
o Bonnie Sudderth

Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District, Place 4
o Wade Birdwell

Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District, Place 5
o Dabney Bassel

Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District, Place 6
o Mike Wallach

District Judge, 90th Judicial District
o Phillip C. Gregory

District Attorney, 90th Judicial District
o Dee Peavy

County Attorney
o Christopher D. Baran

County Clerk, Unexpired Term
o Tina R. Gilliam

Sheriff
o Travis Babcock
o Dan Birbeck

County Tax Assessor-Collector
o Christy Centers

County Treasurer, Unexpired Term
o Kyle Zohn Milam

County Commissioner, Precinct 3
o Scott (Scooter) Philipp
o Alan Craig
o Dickie “Coach” Scott

Constable, Precinct 1
o Bryan Little

Constable, Precinct 3
o Cliff Blackstock

County Chair
o Jennifer Allen McDonald

Proposition 1
“Texas should eliminate all property taxes without increasing Texans’ overall tax burden.”

Proposition 2
“Texas should create a Border Protection Unit, and deploy additional state law enforcement and military forces, to seal the border, to use physical force to prevent illegal entry and trafficking, and to deport illegal aliens to Mexico or to their nations of origin.”

Proposition 3
“The Texas Legislature should require the use of E-Verify by all employers in Texas to protect jobs for legal workers by preventing the hiring of illegal aliens.”

Proposition 4
“The Texas legislature should end all subsidies and public services, including , in-state college tuition and enrollment in public schools, for illegal aliens.”

Proposition 5
“Texas urges the United States Congress not to grant any form of amnesty or a pathway to legalization for illegal aliens."

Proposition 6
“The Texas Legislature should prohibit the deployment of the Texas National Guard to a foreign conflict unless Congress first formally declares war.”

Proposition 7
“The Texas Legislature should establish authority within the Texas State Comptroller’s office to administer access to gold and silver through the Texas Bullion Depository for use as legal tender.”

Proposition 8
“The State of Texas should ensure that Texans are free to give or to withhold consent for any vaccine without coercion.”

Proposition 9
“The Republican Party of Texas should restrict voting in the Republican primary to only registered Republicans.”

Proposition 10
“The Texas Constitution should be amended to restore authority to the Texas Attorney General to prosecute election crimes.”

Proposition 11
Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.

Proposition 12
“The Texas Constitution should be amended to require proof of citizenship before any individual can be registered to vote.”

Proposition 13
“Texas should ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments, and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.”

Democratic Ballot

President
o Marianne Williamson
o Dean Phillips
o Gabriel A. Cornejo
o Cenk Uygur
o Joseph R. Biden Jr.
o Frankie Lozada
o Star Locke
o Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato

United State Senator
o Steven J. Keough
o Thierry Tchenko
o Roland Gutierrez
o Colin Allred
o Carl Oscar Sherman
o A. “Robert” Hassan
o Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
o Mark Gonzalez
o Meri Gomez

Railroad Commissioner
o Katherine Culbert
o Bill Burch

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2
o DaSean Jones
o Randy Sarosdy

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4
o Christine Vinh Weems

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6
o Joe Pool
o Bonnie Lee Goldstein

Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals
o Holly Taylor

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7
o Nancy Mulder

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8
o Chika Anyiam

Member, State Board of Education, District 15
o Morgan Kirkpatrick

State Senator District 30
o Dale Frey
o Michael Braxton
o Matthew McGhee

State Representative, District 68
o Stacey Swann

County Chair
o Jeff French

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