Choosing a president tops Nov. 3 decisions

Posted 10/29/20

While Wood County voters have no locally-contested races to decide at the county level, the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election is shaping up to be historic, in the midst a global pandemic that has stretched from early in the year to ramped up protests against systemic racism.

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Choosing a president tops Nov. 3 decisions

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Donald Trump or Joe Biden?

John Cornyn or MJ Hegar?

While Wood County voters have no locally-contested races to decide at the county level, the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election is shaping up to be historic, in the midst a global pandemic that has stretched from early in the year to ramped up protests against systemic racism.

Wood County, which voted nearly 84 percent for Donald Trump when he was elected to his first term as U.S. president in 2016, is expected to see similar results this time around.

But across the state and the nation the outcome could take some time to determine.

Meanwhile in Texas, voters will decide whether to return Cornyn to the U.S. Senate.

And Wood County voters will have choices for state senator, state representative and U.S. representative – all of which feature Republican incumbents.

Among the anomalies in this election cycle, contested races for city council and school board at the local level will appear on the ballots.

Those elections were postponed from their usual May cycle, when all local entities took advantage of Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to allow such postponements as a response to the pandemic.

As a result voters will need to scan to the bottom of their ballots for the following school boards: Mineola, Quitman, Alba-Golden, Yantis, Hawkins and Winnsboro, and the city councils in Quitman, Hawkins and Winnsboro.

To see what the ballots look like, go to the elections department on the county web page, mywoodcounty.com.

There is one county position that will be decided.

The Precinct Four constable position drew no qualified candidates during the spring primaries and will be decided by a runoff. Chase Glover is the only declared write-in candidate.

Interest has been high. As of Monday there had been 15,919 early and absentee ballots cast in Wood County, which is 49.16% of registered voters.

Early voting continues through Friday at 5 p.m. at the county elections office in Quitman, the Methodist Ministries Center in Mineola, the Hawkins community center and The Depot in Winnsboro.

Election day voting on Tuesday is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and voters must cast Election Day ballots at their respective polling locations.