NEWS
Voting machines ready to go for Nov. 6 races
By BARBARA GREEN
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With less than a week before early voting begins for the mid-term national, state and local elections, Montague County Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said she’s ready for voting to begin as the machines have been fully tested, mail-in ballots are being requested and a large number of new voters have registered indicating strong interest in the mid-term and local elections.
Wall has been working as the top election official since May 10, 2017 and this will be her third election to coordinate. The testing of the 58 electronic voting machines took place on Oct. 2.
All counties are required to conduct public testing of their direct recording electronic voting systems to ascertain it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices.
Each one of the DRE units was set up in the county annex community room and underwent a series of tests. Wall said it went well as all the ballots were proofed and the machines are ready to go.
Early voting begins Oct. 22 and runs through Nov. 2.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
One person went to the Bowie emergency room following this accident on U.S. Highway 81 and Applegate Road at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday. Department of Public Safety officers report a truck tractor tanker was north bound on Hwy 81 driven by Michael Logan, 57, Duncan, OK. A passenger car moved into the left lane to pass the truck and Logan reportedly tapped his brakes, that locked up causing him to jack-knife across the highway. As the tanker crossed into oncoming traffic a southbound Dodge Ram 2500 pickup driven by Bradley Werner, 49, Lavaca, AZ struck the tanker. Werner was transported by Bowie EMS to the ER with undisclosed injuries. Texas Department of Transportation crews arrived on the scene to assist while debris and vehicles were removed from the highway. (Photo by Barbara Green)
The Montague County Grand Jury issued nine indictments during this week’s April session.
The 97th District Attorney said there also were four no-bills and five sealed cases awaiting the arrest of a suspect.
Read the full list of cases in the weekend Bowie News.
The City of Nocona received a clean audit as its council addressed a variety of topics in its April 9 meeting.
Accountant David Parkman presented the financial report ending Sept. 20, 2023 prepared by Edgin, Parkman, Parkman and Fleming PC. City Secretary Revell Hardison said there were no issues and the year ended strongly.
A pair of requests from the Nocona Economic Development Corporation were approved. The second reading to expend $13,025 from the NEDC A and B boards to purchase a mower and maintenance vehicles and to top dress greens at Indian Oaks Golf Course was finalized.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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