Election Day Tuesday

Election day in the midterm election will be held Tuesday across the state and in Young County. The county saw strong early voting turnout, with 3,959, or 32% of the 12,134 registered voters turning out to the polls.

Election day voting will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, at five locations within Young County. Those locations are Newcastle First Baptist Church, 501 Graham St. in Newcastle, Graham First United Methodist Church, 701 Third St. in Graham, Loving Volunteer Fire Department, 8891 Hwy. 114 in Loving, North Central Texas College, 928 Cherry St. in Graham, and Olney Community Library and Arts Center, 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.

Young County had 502 voters at the polls on the first day of early voting on Monday, Oct. 24, or a 4% turnout. In the 2018 November midterm election, the first day of early voting had 584 voters turnout, or 4% of the registered voters in the county.

In the 2018 midterm election, 4,066 voters voted early, or 34% of the 11,949 registered voters at the time.

The federal race on the ballot is for the U.S. Rep. District 25 position. State races will be Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture, Railroad Commissioner, Justice of the Supreme Court (places 3, 5 and 9), Court of Criminal Appeals Judge (places 5 and 6) and Justice of the 2nd Court of Appeals District (place 3). The single local race is for Young County Judge.

For the full story, see the Saturday, Nov. 5 edition of The Graham Leader.