Texas voters will go to the polls on Nov. 7 to consider a variety of issues including 14 constitutional amendments, while Montague County voters will make decisions about bond issues in its two largest school districts and multiple city and school district elections across the county.
Early voting will run Oct. 23-Nov. 3 at four locations across the county including the courthouse annex community room in Montague, Nocona City Hall Council Room, Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Senior Citizens Center.
The centers will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, but there will be extended hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 at the Montague location only.
Voters may cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting. Sample ballots are available on the county website at co.montague.tx.us.
Applications for ballot by mail should be mailed to Montague County Elections Administrator Ginger Wall, P.O. Box 158, 11339 State Highway 59N, Montague, TX 76251. These applications must be received no later Oct. 27. Those with questions may call Wall’s office at 894-2540.
To be eligible to vote by mail a voter must be 65 years or older by election day, be sick or disabled, be out of the county on election day or during the early voting period, be expected to give birth within three weeks before or after election day or be in jail but otherwise eligible. Those ballots must be received at the election office and postmarked by 7 p.m.. on Nov. 7.
In the weeks leading up to the election, The Bowie News will provide information on all the ballot issues. See the Bowie mayoral race candidate questionnaires on page 1A.

PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY VOTING CHART HAS BEEN UPDATED.