Early Voting ends Friday, Election day Tuesday
Election day is upon us as Tuesday, Nov. 2 all polling places will be open to allow everyone’s voice to be heard. Texas voters are deciding whether to approve eight amendments to the state constitution and county residents are also voting towards Mt. Calm ISD Proposition A, which pertains to the issuance of $8,700,000 of bonds for the construction, improvement, acquisition, and equipment of school buildings in the district.
Early voting numbers have been low. As of Monday at 5 p.m. 170 people had voted early according to Limestone County Elections Administrator Jennifer Southard. At the time of press on Tuesday, an additional 44 people had voted for a total of 214. Early voting for the November 2 Constitutional Amendment Special Election began on Monday, October 18, and will end on October 29 at 5 p.m.
In Limestone County early voting by personal appearance is being held at two locations in Limestone County.
One voting early voting box is located in the Limestone County Courthouse in Room G-1 which is on the ground floor of the Courthouse. The location of the Courthouse is 200 W. State Street, Groesbeck. The other early voting station is at the Mexia Civic Center which is located at 101 S. McKinney Street in Mexia.
On election day, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
A list of all precincts voting locations are listed below.
Election Day Consolidated Precincts, November 2021
Precinct 102
Mary Helen Nance Community Center, 301 E. 8th St. Thornton, TX 76687
Precinct 103
Kosse Community Center, 200 N. SH 14 Kosse, TX 76653
Precinct 204 & 205
Coolidge Civic Center, 806 Bell St., Coolidge, TX 76635
Precinct 206
Tehuacana City Hall, 205 S. Railroad St., Tehuacana, TX 76686
Precinct 101, 104, 301, 303, 406
Limestone County Courthouse, 200 W. State St. Rm G13, Groesbeck, TX 76642
Precinct 201, 202, 203, 302, 304, 305, 401, 403, 404, 405
Mexia Civic Center, 101 S. McKinney St. Mexia, TX 76667
Precinct 402
Farrar - XTO Building, 1016 FM 1512, Donie, TX 75838
What’s on the ballot
Texas voters are deciding whether to approve these eight amendments to the state constitution:
Proposition 1 would allow the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association to hold charity raffles at rodeo events, much like Texas’ professional sports teams do at their home games.
Proposition 2 would authorize counties to issue bonds to fund transportation and infrastructure projects in blighted areas. Cities can currently issue these bonds but not counties.
Proposition 3 would prohibit any governmental entity from enacting any rule limiting or prohibiting religious services. Some places of worship were limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, and this proposed amendment would prohibit that.
Proposition 4 would require judicial candidates to be Texas residents with a license to practice law in Texas, to be practicing lawyer or judge for at least eight years before election and have not had their law license revoked or suspended during that time.
Proposition 5 would allow the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to take complaints, conduct investigations and take other action against a candidate running for state judicial offices. The commission currently only handles officeholders, not candidates.
Proposition 6 would allow residents in nursing and assisted-living facilities or state-supported living centers to designate an essential caregiver who could not be denied in-person visitation. This is another amendment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Proposition 7 would allow a surviving spouse who is receiving homestead exemptions on school district property taxes due to disability dies to continue to take advantage of the exemption as long as the surviving spouse is 55 or older.
Proposition 8 would extend tax exemptions to a surviving spouse of a member of the military who die because of any injuries sustained during their service whether it is related to combat or not.
*** Mount Calm Independent School District Proposition A: The issuance of $8,700,000 of bonds for the construction, improvement, acquisition, and equipment of school building in the district, including necessary sites, and the levying of a tax sufficient, without limit as to rate or amount, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and to pay the cost of any credit agreements executed or authorized in anticipation of, in relation to, or in connection with the bonds, this is a property tax increase.