Election Day Comes Nov. 8

By Bobby Horn Jr.
news@casscountynow.com

CASS COUNTY—Election Day will arrive Nov. 8. Early voting does continue through Nov. 4.
The Cass County Clerk’s office said they have seen unprecedented voter turnout this year. In the first week alone, more than 3,000 people cast early ballots at the Linden and Atlanta locations.
In addition to national and statewide races, in which all voters may participate there are races that specific to certain geographical locations. Depending on where the voter’s address of record is, the ballot may look slightly different that other places in the county.
Linden Races
In Linden, voters will face two opposed races for the Linden-Kildare CISD Board of Trustees. Michael Whatley and Robby Johnson are running for Place 6, while Joshua Lane and Tracy Spaniol are seeking the Position 7 seat. Running for city council are Chuck Evans, Kenny Hamilton, Sue Morris Lazara and Jeannie O’Rear Stevens. The top three vote-getters will be elected to council.
Schoolhouse Bonds
Voters will also decide whether or not to allow L-K CISD to issue $7.9 million in bonds “for the construction, acquisition, renovation and equipment of school buildings in the district and the purchase of technology.” A “For” vote would allow the district to adjust the tax rate to pay for the bonds.
TC Annexation
Another question facing Western Cass County is to allow Texarkana College to annex the service area within the Atlanta, Queen City, L-K, Bloomburg and McLeod school districts. Approving the annexation brings with it an ad valorem (or property) tax, which is currently at $.110718 per $100 valuation.
In addition to the Texarkana College annexation issue, Atlanta voters will also cast ballots “for” or “against” the sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption within the city limits.
ID required to vote
The Office of the Texas Secretary of State reminds voters to provide one of the following seven forms of approved photo ID: 
Texas driver license issued by the Texas De­partment of Public Safety (DPS), Texas Election Identifi­cation Certificate issued by DPS 
Texas personal identifi­cation card issued by DPS, Texas license to carry a handgun issued by DPS, United States military identification card con­taining the person’s pho­tograph, United States citizen­ship certificate containing the person’s photograph or United States passport. 
Non-photo IDs accept­able are: valid voter reg­istration certificate; certi­fied birth certificate; copy of or original current util­ity bill; copy of or original bank statement; copy of or original government check; copy of or origi­nal paycheck; or copy of or original of other gov­ernment document with voter’s name and an ad­dress (original required if it contains a photograph).