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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55 • Number 194 830 • 379 • 2234
Early voting in 2020 General, Presidential, Local Election begins today
Candidates seek your votes Guadalupe County Elections Office during November 3 Election ready to take on early voting By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) -- Campaigning is officially underway now that early voting has begun for those appearing on a Nov. 3 General Election ballot. The election not only includes the U.S. Presidential race but also local and school board races. In the city of Seguin, the positions include three council seats plus the race for mayor. Wanting to be your next mayor are former Councilwoman Donna Dodgen and local resident Francisco “Frank” L. Herrera. The winner will replace current Mayor Don Keil who was no longer eligible to run due to the city’s eight year term limit. In District 2, there are two candidates vying for that seat. The candidates in that
race include Pete Silvius and By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera Sonia Mendez. (Seguin) -- Employees and The final contested race in poll workers at the city of Seguin is for City the Guadalupe County Council District 6. Those Elections candidates include Monica are Carter, Wanda Rosales and Office doing their part Ricardo Sanchez Jr. to ensure that In the Navarro ISD, there voters can have confidence are now a total of five candidates running for three when voting early. Early available seats on the school voting begins today and board. The candidates runs through Friday, Oct. include trustees Tracy 30. Due to the pandemic, Large, Renee Rehfeld and an additional week has Clint Scheib, as well as been added to the early newcomers Weldon Dietze voting schedule by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. and Mark Malinovsky.
top of safety protocols hand them their ID. We are -- bringing contactless going to ask the voter just to voting to the polls. show the poll worker their ID so that they can verify their identity without touching anything. The voters will be giving what we are calling disposable stylus “We are going to have to vote with on the Express six foot tape lines marked Voting Machines. They are outside for those standing actually Q-tips but disposal in line. We are going to stylus sound so much better set up the voting machines but they work great on the six feet apart. Our check- voting machine and they in stations will be six feet give the voter the freedom apart. The voters can expect to touch the machine as the poll workers wearing much as they want with that FALLAdministrator TRADE DAYS In the Marion ISD, candidates include Karl Elections masks. They can expect to stylus to vote their ballot but October 24,hand 2020 10am-4pm In Seguin says due to see Harborth, Jill LeSage, Jamie Mote, Mike Lisa Hayes sanitizer sitting they never actually have to October 24, 2020 10am-4pm Central Park, Central Park, a pair of elections held Purcell, Eric Smith and La Verne Vick. on the counter for their use. touch the machine with their 201 S. Austin St. 201 S. Austin St. earlier this year, her They can expect to not have hand,” said Hayes. staff has remained on the poll worker ask them to See EARLY VOTE, page3 See CANDIDATES, page 3
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