Early voting underway for Council race

JIMMY APPELT, STAFF WRITER

TRIBUNENEWSROOM@SBCGLOBAL.NET

Early voting started Monday

in the Shiner City Council

election.

Voters wishing to vote inperson

early can do so at the

Lavaca County Annex, located

at 412 N. Texana St. in Hallettsville

and will continue through

Tuesday, May 3.

According to Lavaca County

elections administrator Amy

Kloesel, those wishing to vote

early in person can vote this

week from 8 a.m. to 5 a.m, and

an extended time from 7 a.m.

to 7 p.m. has been added for

Monday and Tuesday, May 2

and 3.

In the City of Shiner election,

five candidates will vie

for three positions on Council.

The five candidates seeking

election are Will Franklin,

Wayne Denson, Egon Barthels,

Joey Gamez and incumbent

Louis Herman.

Also included on the ballot

are two State of Texas propositions.

The general election will

take place on Saturday, May 7

from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m with the

all county precincts open on

that day.

This election does not include

primary runoffs, which

will take