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Tis the Season for Campaigning.
By gmatthews in Victoria County Election Administrator
September 15, 2008
        While there is much on the news about the presidential race you should also be aware of the local races.You have seen the political signs. Local candidates are running. They want your vote.
The local contested races are Commissioner for Precinct Nos. 1 & 3 and Constables in Precincts 1, 3, and 4. Allan Ramirez and Kenny Spann are running for Commissioner in Precinct No. 1 and Gary E. Burns and Ron Reyna are running for Commissioner in Precinct No. 3. Stacey Martin and Richard Castillo are running for Constable Precinct No. 1. Kenneth Easley, Jr. and Robert Rodriguez are running for Constable in Precinct No. 3. John G. Miller is running for Constable in Precinct No. 4 and has a write-in opponent.
There are several unopposed candidates for public office for which everyone in the county may vote. These include; Joseph P. (Pat) Kelly for District Judge, 24th Judicial District, Kemper Stephen Williams for District Judge, 135th Judicial District, T. Michael O’Connor for Sheriff, and Rena Scherer for County Tax Assessor/Collector.
James Calaway. Constable Precinct No. 2 is unopposed candidate for precinct public office.
In Bloomington ISD there are five positions on the Board of Trustees up for election this November. Place 1 is an un-expired term with Diana Garcia Cano, Eloy DeLaRosa, John Ellsworth, Eva Hinojosa and Kathy K. Moses all seeking this office. Place 4 has Bacilio Cantu and Dewaye Janis vying for the office. Place 7 has David Hoffman and Felix Salinas both seeking election. John Cranfill is unopposed for Place 5 and Joe Canales, Jr. is unopposed for Place 6.
In addition Bloomington ISD has am $8 million bond proposition on the ballot.
Quail Creek MUD also has a proposition on the ballot to increase maintenance fees for street lights, homeowners association and volunteer fire department.

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  • gmatthews gmatthews Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    In Victoria County there are 28 offices and 68 candidates with 2 propositions. Among the candidates are seven write-ins for president. Some of the candidates are unopposed and will be elected if they receive just one vote. Not every office is on every ballot. If you live outside the Bloomington school district you will not vote for those trustee places. Still there will still be lots of offices and candidates to select.
    If you vote in all races or vote in only one race, your vote is counted. If you vote in some of the races or none of the races, your vote is counted. Many people vote for only those candidates they feel deserve support or about which they can learn enough information to make a good choice in the candidates for that office. The only instance in which a vote is not counted is if you vote for more than one candidate in a specific race.
    You can vote a blank ballot and in a sense, everyone who doesn't show up at the polls is making a similar statement although not putting in the effort to vote is not quite the same as showing up to cast a blank ballot.

    September 16, 2008 at 8:58 a.m.

  • pat pat Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Mr. Matthews: I keep seeing postings on the Corpus Christi Caller-Times by someone who recommends turning in a blank ballot. He says it is a way to protest the presidential choices altogether. Even though I would never, ever turn in a blank ballot for the nominees for president/vice president (never even heard of such a thing until this man started posting), what if someone did? Is it a form of protest and what about the other races (as you mentioned-state, local, etc)? Does your vote still count if you choose to cast your ballot in certain races only? I'm just stumped by this.

    September 15, 2008 at 5:03 p.m.