Early voting starts Monday
Oct. 20—Voters throughout Walker County will begin casting their ballots on Monday via early voting ahead of the Nov. 7 Election Day. Early voting will be held at just one location — the Walker County Storm Shelter, 448 State Highway 75 North. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Nov. 2-3 when hours are extended to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voters will be asked to give a yay or nay to 14 constitutional amendments, as well as the 24 City of Huntsville charter amendments.
Voters in Riverside will be choosing a mayor and a councilmember, as well as raising the ESD1 tax ceiling from $.06 to $.10 to increase funding to provide a full time crew.
Voters in New Waverly will be choosing a School Board Trustee in Position 1, as well as a mayor and councilmembers for the City of New Waverly.
Voters in Huntsville will be choosing a new mayor and new ward 2 and 3 councilmembers.
Voters will also be deciding on a new School Board Trustee for Position 4.
The last day to submit an application for Ballot by Mail is 5 p.m. Friday Oct. 27, and ballots must be returned by Nov. 7. The State of Texas provides an online ballot tracker as well, listed on the Elections page at co.walker.tx.us.
For any other voter information needs, contact the Walker County elections department at (936) 436-4900 or via the website listed above.
Election Day voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The list of countywide polling locations, where voters are allowed to vote no matter their precinct, include:
WALKER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS — 3925 SH 30 W
WALKER COUNTY STORM SHELTER / VETERAN'S COMPLEX — 455 SH 75 N
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL — 2400 Sycamore Avenue, voter entrance off Palm Street
NEW WAVERLY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 460 Fisher Street, New Waverly
HUNTSVILLE ISD TRANSPORTATION BUILDING — 96 Martin Luther King
RIVERSIDE GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH — 2341 FM 980,
NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 FM 980
COOK SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 1936-A S H 75 N
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