Primary early voter turnout up, could go higher

  • Candidate campaign signs in Burnet filled narrow ground near the AgriLife Auditorium parking lot through last Thursday during the first week of early voting. By law, all election signs for all candidates must be placed more than 100 feet away from the center’s front door. Photo by Raymond V. Whelan
    Candidate campaign signs in Burnet filled narrow ground near the AgriLife Auditorium parking lot through last Thursday during the first week of early voting. By law, all election signs for all candidates must be placed more than 100 feet away from the center’s front door. Photo by Raymond V. Whelan
  • Bennie and Paula Haynes of Lake Buchanan cast their ballots last week in Burnet at the AgriLife Auditorium during the first week of early voting. Mr. Haynes donned his Dallas Cowboys hat during his visit to the voting center. “I never go anywhere without it,” he quipped. Photo by Raymond V. Whelan
    Bennie and Paula Haynes of Lake Buchanan cast their ballots last week in Burnet at the AgriLife Auditorium during the first week of early voting. Mr. Haynes donned his Dallas Cowboys hat during his visit to the voting center. “I never go anywhere without it,” he quipped. Photo by Raymond V. Whelan
Burnet County election officials and poll workers completed the first week of primary early voting with some trouble - but nothing they couldn’t handle. “It’s going pretty smooth,” County Elections Administrator Douglas Ferguson recalled late last week. Unfortunately, one judge booth controller did break down at the voting center in Granite Shoals at the Community Center, 1208 N. Phillips Ranch…

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