With one day remaining in early voting for the May 6 general election, 972 ballots have been cast in Brown County. On Monday, 271 voters turned out – the most of any day for the current early voting session.
Early voting continues Tuesday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Brown County Elections Office at 613 Fisk in Brownwood.
In Brown County, elections on the ballot include the Brownwood ISD Bond where voters can vote for one, two, three, or none of the following propositions:
Proposition A, at $27,650,000, features the following district-wide projects:
- Safety and security upgrades across the district
- Renovate Snodgrass Facility
- New field house at high school (locker rooms, weight room, training room, conference room, offices, storage, laundry)
- Renovate locker rooms at high school
- Accessible seating in high school gym
- Renovate middle school locker rooms
- New gym flooring at all elementary campuses
- New intermediate school auditorium seats
Proposition B, at $16,300,000, revolves around the following improvements to Gordon Wood Stadium:
- Home bleacher addition (1,000 seats)
- ADA/code improvements (Ramp access, aisles and stairs renovated for code compliance, ADA parking)
- New lights
- New concessions/restrooms
- New press box with elevator
- New turf and track resurface
Proposition C, at $16,000,000, calls for the construction of an indoor student activity center at BHS and additional facility upgrades that will feature:
- Use by band, baseball, softball, football, soccer, PE, and others
- 80 yards of turf
- Training room, dressing rooms, storage, offices
- Tennis improvements (Remove/replace courts, new scoreboard, new lights, new bleachers, windscreen)
- Baseball/Softball improvements (renovation of baseball field with new bleachers, dugouts, backstop, canopy over batting cages); New lights for baseball and softball fields
Brookesmith ISD also has $1.5 bond election for the construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion and equipment of school buildings in the district.
Elections in Bangs include the City Council where two spots are open and incumbents Greg Flores and Greg Cassidy are running along with William Patton and Carrol Wells. Voters can vote for one, two, or none.
Steve Whittenberg will be the new mayor of Bangs as he is running unopposed.
Also on the ball is a proposition regarding the reauthorization of the local sales and use tax in the City of Bangs at the rate of one-fourth of 1 percent to provide revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets.
At the school level, two openings for three-year terms exist on the Bangs ISD Board of Trustees and candidates include Heath Boren, Larry Drury, Scott Ferguson, Sandy Lehman and Blu Tidwell.
The City of Blanket is asking voters to approve or deny the reauthorization of the local sales and use tax in the City of Blanket at the rate of 1 percent to continue to provide revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets.
Election Day is Saturday, May 6.