Early voting by personal appearance in the Republican and Democratic Primary Elections ends today. Ballots may be cast by Hopkins County voters until 5 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Justice of the Peace 2 Courtroom located inside Hopkins County Courthouse Annex (the Tax/Justices of the Peace offices).
As of Thursday evening, 249 voters had cast ballots in the Democratic Primary and 1,625 in the Republican Primary, according to the total voter counts posted by the early voting judges.
That’s up from 924 voters casting ballots in the Republican elections and 137 in the Democratic elections as of 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24.
Election Day voting in Hopkins County will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 3 at the 12 voting center locations throughout the county:
- Our Savior Lutheran Church
- Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
- Hopkins County Courthouse
- Grace Family Church
- Hopkins County Regional Civic Center
- League Street Church of Christ
- Saltillo ISD
- Cumby Municipal Building
- Sulphur Bluff ISD
- Como-Pickton CISD
- Miller Grove ISD
- North Hopkins ISD
Unlike state and national offices, only contested election at the county-level is between Charles Humphries and John Brian Beadle for the Republican nomination for Precinct 2 Constable. Bill Allan opted not to seek election to another term as Constable, Precinct 2.
Democrats are also asked to consider 11 propositions and Republicans to consider 9 propositions.