NEWS
Ballot by mail deadline Oct. 28; early voting begins Oct. 24
Time is ticking away for those citizens who want to apply for a ballot by mail for the Nov. 8 general election.
The deadline to apply for a ballot by mail must be received by the close of business on Oct. 28.
You are eligible to vote by mail if you are: Age 65 or older; sick or disabled; expected to give birth within three weeks of election day; out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance and confined in jail, but otherwise eligible to vote.
To apply for a ballot by mail, a citizen can print an application for a ballot by mail, then fill it out, sign and mail or hand deliver to the county elections office in the annex at Montague. The application must be received in the office before 5 p.m. on Oct. 28, not postmarked that day.
You also can visit the elections office in person. Mail the applications to Ginger Wall, elections administrator, P.O.Box 158, Montague, TX 76251 or deliver it in person to 11339 State Highway 59N, Montague.
Early voting
Those wishing to vote early for the Nov. 8 election may do so Oct. 24-Nov. 4, Monday-Friday only from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be extended hours Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Early voting locations will be at the court annex community room, Nocona Community Center, Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Bible Baptist Church.
A Saturday voting day has been added from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. 29, but only at the courthouse annex location only.
Montague County has countywide voting and registered voters can cast a ballot at any of the locations during the regular period.
The Nov. 8 ballot will include national and state elections. Local elections will include: Bowie, Saint Jo, and Forestburg Independent School Districts and the City of Saint Jo. Sample ballots are available on the county website at co.montague.tx.us, click elections, then sample ballots.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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