Early voting approaching in November election

Early voting in the November election begins in a little over two weeks as the deadline for registering to vote in the election is Tuesday. The ballot will contain 14 constitutional amendments as well as a bond measure for the Olney Hamilton Hospital District.

Early voting will be held Monday, Oct. 23 through Friday, Nov. 3. Early voting polling locations are North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham and Olney Community Library at 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.

Both polling locations will be open for early voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 23-27 and Oct. 30-Nov. 1. The locations will also be open for early voting from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 2-3.

Election day will be Tuesday, Nov. 7 and voting will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at five Young County locations. The election day voting locations are First Baptist Church at 501 Graham St. in Newcastle, First United Methodist Church at 700 Third St. in Graham, Loving Volunteer Fire Department at 8891 Hwy. 114 in Loving and the two early voting locations.

The deadline to register to vote in the election will be Tuesday, Oct. 10. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail will be Friday, Oct. 27.

To be eligible to register, a resident must be a United States citizen, resident of Young County and at least 17 years and 10 months old on the date of submission of the voter registration application and 18 years old on election day.

To be eligible a resident must also not be a convicted felon, but may be eligible to vote if they have completed their sentence, probation and parole. A resident must also not have been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated with the right to vote.

In Young County, no local political subdivisions will have general elections on the November ballot.

The $33 million OHH bond proposition will be for the construction of a new hospital facility with expanded operating rooms, room for future expansion and growth and improvement in wound care, infusion and more.

OHH is hosting public meetings regarding the bond with three more meetings scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Olney Community Center, noon Wednesday, Oct. 18 at the OHH Education Center and 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at the OHH Education Center.