State voter registration deadline approaching for election

The deadline to register to vote in the November Constitutional Amendment and Jack County Hospital District Board elections is approaching at the beginning of October. There are eight constitutional amendments which will appear on the ballot in Jack County, with an election for Place 2 and Place 4 on the Faith Community Health System board of directors.

The office of the Texas Secretary of State decided the order of constitutional amendments which will appear on the November election ballot Thursday, July 29. Deputy Secretary of State Joe Esparza drew the ballot order in July for the eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

According to the department, proposed amendments must be approved by at least two-thirds of members of both the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives to appear on the ballot. Once on the ballot, state registered voters will have the opportunity during the Nov. 2 election to approve or reject the amendments with a majority vote.

The November uniform election had a deadline of Thursday, June 17, to post notice of candidate filing with the first day to file for a place on the ballot being Saturday, July 17, and the last day being Monday, Aug. 16. The last day to order a general election or special election measure was Aug. 16. The last day to register to vote in the November election is Monday, Oct. 4. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail will be Friday, Oct. 22.

Early voting in the election will be held weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, to Friday, Oct. 29, at the Jack County Courthouse Assembly Room, 100 N. Main Street, Suite 104, in Jacksboro.

Election day voting will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, at the Assembly Room; Jack County Fair Barn, located at 1072 State Highway 59, in Jacksboro; Perrin Church of Christ, located at 105 W. Eberhart Street, in Perrin; and the Bryson Senior Citizens Center, located at 201 S. College Street, in Bryson. Any registered voter can vote at any location on election day.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Sept. 29 edition of the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette.