With one week remaining in the filing period for the Hermleigh and Ira school district elections, the number of candidates continues to add up.
Six people have filed to run in the Nov. 6 Hermleigh ISD board of trustees election.
Incumbents Bubba Botts and Gerald Rodriguez will be joined on the ballot by Jack Hardy, John Hardy Jr., Michael Hildebrand and Jack Pence. Incumbent Jim Lionberger has not filed for another term.
Filing for the Hermleigh election is being held in the administration office weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Three people have filed to run for the four seats on the Ira ISD board election. Jason Gruben, Justin Taylor and Bill Walker have filed to run. The seats currently held by Justin Donnelson, Dirk Dunn, Meagan Shultz and Dennis Taylor are up for election this year.
Candidates may file in the business manager’s office weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The filing period for both elections will close on Aug. 20, school officials said.
The deadline for write-in candidates for the Nov. 6 general election is Aug. 24.
To date, no one has filed to run as a write-in for a county office. Write-in candidates must file paperwork in the county judge’s office in order to have their name listed on the write-in list.
The federal and statewide office write-in list will be announced by the Texas Secretary of State’s office in late August.
A person must register by Oct. 9 in order to be eligible to vote in the election.
Early voting is scheduled for Oct. 22 through Nov. 2.
Early voting for the general election will be held on the first floor of the Scurry County Courthouse while early voting for the Hermleigh ISD election will be held in the community center.
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