Voter registration deadline Oct. 11
by Alexandria Randolph
Highland Lakes Newspapers
Burnet County voters must be registered by Oct. 11 to cast their ballot this year for Presidential and local elections.
Sept. 27 was National Voter Registration Day, but residents still have two weeks to register for the vote. Those applying for ballot by mail may do so until Oct. 28. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Early voting for the Nov. 8 election begins Oct. 24 and ends Nov. 4.
To register to vote in Texas, applicants are required to complete a voter registration form. A form to fill out, print sign and mail is available at VoteTexas.gov. Applications must be turned in or postmarked on or before Oct. 11. On VoteTexas.gov, voters may also check their registration to make sure their information is current and correct.
Those who possess an approved photo ID must use that ID to vote. An approved photo ID may be expired up to four years.
Those who do not possess and cannot reasonably obtain one of the seven forms of approved photo ID may vote by signing a declaration at the polls explaining why they are reasonably unable to obtain one of the seven forms of approved photo ID and by providing one of various forms of supporting documentation such as a utility bill or a voter registration certificate.
In addition to the Presidential election, candidates for United States Representative District 25, currently occupied by Roger Williams, will appear on the ballot in Burnet County. Williams is running for reelection against Kathi Thomas and Loren March Schneiderman. Other notable races include the election of State Senator for District 24, currently occupied by Troy Fraser, for which Dawn Buckingham and Virginia “Jennie Lou” Leeder are running, and several races for Supreme Court Justice and the Court of Criminal Appeals.
The city of Marble Falls has a total of eight propositions on the ballot, including options that if passed would change the authority of city employees in executing city checks, signatures on checks, and surety bonds, changing the frequency of financial reports, a change in continuous employment requirements in the event that a relative is elected as Mayor or on City Council, and removing an ordinance requiring that a candidate for city office not be in arrears on tax payments, and changing the requirements for reading of ordinances so that only one reading and one publication of a new city ordinance is required.
Horseshoe Bay voters will have the opportunity to elect three council members at large. Incumbents Craig Haydon and Jerry Gray are running for their current seats as well as Kent Graham, Frank Gracely, Jr., and Dennis Hoover.
Granite Shoals voters will have the opportunity to consider city ordinance number 680, the “No Deer Feeding Ordinance,” which would, if passed, prohibit the feeding of deer within city limits, something that city officials consider an “essential component of the city's comprehensive deer management program.” The ordinance would adopt a city policy that enforced the regulations through education, warnings, civil penalties, and then through criminal proceedings if “all of the previous methods prove ineffective.”
The city of Granite Shoals also has a bond election on this year's ballot. The proposed $3 million in tax bonds would fund improvements to Phillips Ranch Road, Prairie Creek Road and Valley View Lane.
Voters with questions about the registration process, how to cast a ballot, or where their polling location is can visit the Burnet County Elections website at www.burnetcountytexas.org and select the Elections tab or call 512-715-5288. Voters can also visit VoteTexas.gov, or call 1-800-252-VOTE. Texans can join the #VoteTexas conversation this election by following Vote Texas’ Facebook, Twitter and Instagram social platforms.
