Twenty-three local candidates are running for county office in the March 1 Dickens and Kent County primaries.
Those on the ballot include county judges, half of the commissioners, treasurer, clerk, justice of the peace and party chairs.
In addition to county races, district, state and federal candidates will appear on the primary ballot as well. Those include judicial districts, Texas House, selected Texas Board of Education seats, selected Railroad Commission seats, Texas Senate and U.S. Congress.
Mark your calendars and fasten your seat belts—if you want to have a say in how things are done around here, things are just getting started with voting. Dates and deadlines permeate this process all year long.
If you haven’t registered to vote, the last day to register to vote in the primary is Monday, Jan. 31.
In the lower right-hand corner of this page, you’ll see a listing of many of the political candidates for the primary, those on the list have paid to advertise there.
Early voting for the primary begins February 14 and ends February 25.
Voters can apply for a mailin ballot (that started on Jan. 1) and the application period ends on February. 18. Keep in mind however, that the mail-in ballot application must be received by the appropriate clerk by the February 18 deadline, not post marked. The application can be mailed, delivered in person, faxed or emailed to the appropriate voting clerk in your county.
To be eligible to vote by mail in Texas you must be:
• 65 years or older
• sick or disabled;
• out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance;
• expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day; or
• confined in jail, but otherwise eligible
While all of this is going on, it’s worth noting, that due to redistricting, many of us will not be voting in the same state house district before. Some may be in new precincts or districts at the local level as well. Be sure and check your voter registration card that was mailed to you earlier this year. Every ten years, there’s a nationwide Census, and when there are shifts in population and demographics, redistricting is made at the state and local levels.
But if that wasn’t enough to keep up with, last week filing began for city council and school board races. You can see on page 1 who’s on those ballots this year. Those elections will be held the first week of May.
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