County Clerk Melody Appleton reported that 12.13 percent of Scurry County’s registered voters cast ballots during the early voting period for Tuesday’s primary elections.
The county has 9,299 registered voters eligible for Tuesday’s election and 1,128 voted early. Of those, 1,062 voted in the Republican primary while 66 voted in the Democratic primary.
During the 2012 party primary elections, 12.4 percent of the votes were cast early.
Polls will be open throughout the county on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Results will be available on the Snyder Daily News Facebook page, Twitter account and at snyderdailynews.com once they are announced.
The two local contested races on the ballot are for the Pct. 1 and Pct. 3 Scurry County Commissioners’ Court seats.
In the Pct. 1 race, incumbent Terry Williams is being challenged by Chuck Colvin and Phillis Leatherwood. Pct. 3 Commissioner David Harrell is being challenged by Howard Limmer and Shawn McCowen.
Five incumbents filed to run in the Republican primary and did not draw challengers — 132nd Judicial District Court Judge Ernie B. Armstrong, 132nd Judicial District Attorney Ben Smith, Scurry County Attorney Michael Hartman, Scurry County Sheriff Trey Wilson and Scurry County Tax Assessor/Collector Jana Young.
Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, was the only Republican to file for the District 28 Texas Senate seat race.
Rep. Dustin Burrows was the only Republican to file for the District 83 Texas House of Representatives primary.
Nine people filed to run in the Republican primary for the District 19 U.S. House of Representatives seat. They are Jodey Arrington, Jason Corley, Greg Garrett, John C. Key, Donald R. May, Don Parrish, Glen Robertson, Michael Bob Starr and Derenda D. Warren.
Parrish announced earlier this month that he withdrew from the election, but his name will still appear on the ballot.
Both parties will hold primary elections in the presidential race. Several of the candidates remaon on the ballot despite dropping out of the race.
The Republican Party primary ballot will include Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Lindsay Graham, Elizabeth Gray, John R. Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum and Donald J. Trump.
Running in the Democratic primary are Hillary Clinton, Roque “Rocky” De La Funete, Calvis L. Hawes, Keith Judd, Star Locke, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders and Willie L. Wilson.
Registered voters will need to present one of the following approved forms of photo ID when voting in person:
• Texas driver’s license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
• Texas personal identification card issued by the DPS.
• Texas concealed handgun license issued by the DPS.
• United States military identification card containing the person’s photograph.
• United States citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph.
• United States passport issued by the U.S. government.
• Election identification certificate issued by the DPS.
With the exception of the U.S. citizenship certificate, the photo ID must be current or expired no more than 60 days. In almost every circumstance, voters who vote by mail will not need photo ID.
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