Early voting in HISD board, city council, state propositions starts April 25

By Jimmy Appelt

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Early voting will begin Monday, April 25 in the Hallettsville ISD Board of Trustees’ and in the City of Hallettsville elections with all voting held at the Lavaca County Annex, located at 412 N. Texana St. in Hallettsville.

Voting early in person will continue through Tuesday, May 3.

According to Lavaca County elections administrator Amy Kloesel, those wishing to vote early in person can vote April 25 through April 29 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 a.m.

Kloesel said voters will have an extended time to vote on Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3 with voting hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The general election for the HISD Board and Hallettsville City Council will take place on Saturday, May 7 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

In this year’s election, the HISD administration office reports there will be one contested race with Justin Smith running against incumbent Matthew Felcman.

Place 5 incumbent, Brian Henneke, is unopposed.

In the City of Hallettsville, with councilman Elmo Grant choosing not to run, his Place 1 chair will have three candidates Chastity Grant Carter, Laurie Nordquist and Michelle Lanni running for the position.

Place 3 incumbent Trent Skelton and Place 4 incumbent Dean Madden are unopposed.

Also on the ballot are two State of Texas propositions with Proposition 1, “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total number amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.”

Proposition 2 states, “The constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public schools from $25,000 to $40,000.”

Early voting will also begin on April 25 for the proposed $13.82 million bond ordered by the Hallettsville Independent School District.