Sample ballots available at Election Board

February 6, 2012

The Texas County Election Board has ballots for both the Democratic and Republican Candidates for the Presidential Preferential Election.
The names listed on those ballots are as follows:

Democratic Ballot 
•Barack Obama 
•Jim Rogers
•Bob Ely
•Darcy G. Richardson
•Randall Terry
Republican Ballot
•Ron Paul
•Rick Perry
•Rick Santorum
•Mitt Romney
•Michelle Bachmann
•Newt Gingrich
•Jon Huntsman
 
Voters need to know that some of these candidates may have withdrawn from the race before the Election date; however, their names are still on the Ballot.
The Election Board and the Election Officials where they will vote have not been provided information as to the status of a candidate; voters will need to depend on the media or other sources for those details.
•Many may not realize that in order to vote for a particular ballot, they must be registered in that party.  A registered Democrat only votes the Democratic Ballot on March 6; a registered Republican, can only vote the Republican Ballot on March 6.
•A registered Independent, in NOT able to vote in the March 6 Election.
•If a new voter wanted to register or a current voter wanted to change their Political Party in time for the March 6 Presidential Preferential Election, an application MUST be in the Election Board office by 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10.
•Nov. 6 is the General Presidential Election (Final one).  All registered voters can vote in this election for any party on the Presidential Ballot.
No Political Affiliation changes can be made from April 1-Aug. 31.
Law also requires applications to be submitted 24 days before an election in order for those changes to be effective for that election.  If, for example, an application arrived at our office 23 days before an election, those changes would not become effective until the day after the upcoming election.

Election Dates are as follows:


Feb. 14 — Goodwell School Board Position #2; Texhoma School Special Bond; 


March 6 — 2012 Presidential Preferential Primary;
April 3 (as of now)  — Tyrone School Special Election;
June 26 — Primary Election/Special Elections (information to come);
Aug. 28 — Runoff Primary Election/Special Elections (information to come);
Nov. 6 — General Election/Special Elections (information to come) - Last Election of the Year (Presidential Election).