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Today is National Voter Registration Day
AUSTIN – Texas Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs today invited all eligible Texans to celebrate and participate in National Voter Registration Day by ensuring they are registered to vote ahead of the October 5th voter registration deadline for the November 3rd election. With two weeks until the deadline, the Secretary issued a final call to action to voters, community leaders, and elected officials to encourage their fellow Texans to register and prepare to vote in the upcoming election.
“An active and engaged citizenry plays an essential role in ensuring the continued well-being of our democracy,” said Secretary Hughs. “Ahead of the November election, I encourage all eligible Texans who have not already done so to register to vote by October 5th so that they can help shape the future of the Lone Star State.”
As of this month, there are 16,617,436 registered voters in Texas — a new state record.
Texans should begin by checking their registration status on the Texas Secretary of State’s website on the “Am I Registered?” page.
If you have moved to a new address within the same county or have changed your name, you can update your information online.
Eligible Texans who are not already registered to vote may complete and print a voter registration application here, or request an application from their county elections administrator. Once completed, eligible Texas voters should submit the application to the county voter registrar in their county of residence. Completed voter registration applications must be postmarked by October 5th in order to be accepted.
Voters with questions about how to cast a ballot in the upcoming November 2020 General Election can call 1-800-252-VOTE or visit VoteTexas.gov for more information.
Spanish version:
AUSTIN – La Secretaria de Estado de Texas Ruth R. Hughs invitó hoy a todos los tejanos elegibles a celebrar y participar en el Día Nacional del Registro electoral, asegurándose de que están registrados para votar antes de la fecha límite de registro de votantes del 5 de octubre para las elecciones del 3 de noviembre. Con solo dos semanas para la fecha límite, la Secretaria emitió un llamado a la acción a los votantes, líderes comunitarios y funcionarios electos para alentar a los tejanos a registrarse y prepararse para votar en las próximas elecciones.
“Una ciudadanía activa y comprometida desempeña un papel esencial para garantizar el bienestar continuo de nuestra democracia”, dijo la Secretaria Hughs. “En anticipación a las elecciones de noviembre, invito a todos los tejanos elegibles que aún no lo hayan hecho a registrarse a votar antes del 5 de octubre y así puedan contribuir al futuro del estado de Texas”.
A la fecha, hay 16,617,436votantes registrados en Texas, un nuevo récord estatal.
Las personas elegibles para votar pueden comenzar revisando su situación en el registro electoral visitando el sitio web de la Secretaría de Estado de Texas en la página “¿Estoy registrado?“.
Si se ha mudado a una nueva dirección dentro del mismo condado o ha cambiado su nombre, puede actualizar su información en línea.
Los tejanos elegibles que aún no están registrados para votar pueden completar e imprimir una solicitud de registro de elector aquí, o solicitar una solicitud de su administrador de elecciones del condado. Una vez completado ese proceso, los votantes elegibles de Texas deben presentar la solicitud completada al registrador de votantes del condado en su condado de residencia. Las solicitudes de registro de electores completadas deben estar marcadas con matasellos postal antes del 5 de octubre para ser aceptadas.
Los electores con preguntas sobre cómo emitir una boleta electoral en las próximas elecciones generales de noviembre de 2020 pueden llamar al 1-800-252-VOTE o visitar VoteTexas.gov para obtener más información.
The second community meeting on needs for an emergency room or hospital in Bowie is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Bowie Community Center.
This is the second meeting to discuss these needs following the closure of the Faith Community Health Center emergency room on Oct. 6, just shy of a year of operation. More than 200 people attended that first meeting, where discussion centered on the creation of a taxing district to support any sort of medical facility.
Citizens in the Bowie area are encouraged to attend and take part in these discussions.
The Bowie City Council has moved its Nov. 18 meeting to 6 p.m. on Nov. 19 where three new council members will take the oath of office.
Councilors include Laura Sproles, precinct two, Brandon Walker, precinct one and Laramie Truax, precinct two. After the votes are canvassed and the oaths given, a mayor pro tem will be selected.
The new members will jump right into training as City Attorney Courtney Goodman-Morris provides an orientation and discussion of duties for council members.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his monthly report on the following topics: Nelson Street, which opened last Thursday, update on the sewer line replacement project, substation transformer placement and information on medical companies.
A closed executive session on the Laura McCarn vs. City of Bowie lawsuit is scheduled. The suit arose in November 2022 when the city broached selling some 25 acres it owns on Lake Amon G. Carter, originally part of the land purchased for the 500-acre Bowie Reservoir completed in 1985.
McCarn challenges the ownership of the property stating it should revert to the original owners since it was not used for the lake.
This 24.35 acre tract is located at the end of Indian Trail Road surrounded by the lake and the Silver Lakes Ranch subdivision.
One of Bowie’s major thoroughfares, Nelson Street, was reopened Thursday after one busy block has been closed since August 2021 when a section of the street failed.
Construction finally came to an end on Thursday when the street, including the Nelson and Mill intersection were reopened. Mayor Gaylynn Burris, City Manager Bert Cunningham, Councilors TJay McEwen and Stephanie Post, Engineer Mike Tibbetts and Public Works Director Stony Lowrance met at the site Thursday morning and removed the barricades. It only took a few minutes for vehicles to start arriving and drivers were excited to go through on the new roadway.
This section of Bowie has endured flooding and drainage problems for many years and in the summer of 2023 the city council finally bit the bullet and sought bids for the repair work expected to top $3 million. In August 2021 a one block section of Nelson was closed when a large sinkhole appeared on the north side of the street. Traffic had to be diverted including all the school traffic flowing from the nearby junior high and intermediate.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Top photo – (Left) Mike Tibbetts, engineer with Hayter Engineering, talks with Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham as they look over the massive drainage project on Nelson Street.
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