Early voting for the May primary runoff election begins Monday, May 18, and runs through Friday, May 22. Voters can cast ballots at any of El Paso County’s 38 polling sites. Hours vary.
Election Day is Tuesday, May 26.
Countywide races on the El Paso ballot include judgeships for the 168th District Court and County Court at Law No. 2.
The District 16 Republican congressional runoff is also on the ballot. The district spans most of El Paso with the exception of some areas in the eastern portion of the Lower Valley and East Montana. Those neighborhoods fall under congressional District 23, where there is no runoff in either party.
Five justice of the peace races for their respective precincts are on the runoff ballot for the Democratic Party.
Statewide, runoff races include lieutenant governor and attorney general in the Democratic Party; and U.S. senator and attorney general in the Republican Party.
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The runoff features races where no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March primaries, pitting the top two vote-getters for their party’s nomination to move forward to the November elections.
In the Texas primaries, voters have to choose a ballot for either the Democratic or Republican party.
If you voted in the March primary, you can only vote in the primary runoff for the same party. If you didn’t vote in March, you can vote in either party. In the November midterms, you can vote in either party in partisan races regardless of how you voted during the primaries or primary runoffs.
If you are a registered voter, you can view and print a personalized sample ballot of all candidates in your voting districts and precincts. You can take a print out of the ballot to the polls, but no cellphones are allowed.
The March 3 elections set a midterm turnout record in El Paso County, with more than 91,000 voters casting ballots in the Democratic and Republican primaries.
Several key races were decided in those primary elections that didn’t require a runoff: Two newcomers defeated incumbent county commissioners in the Democratic party and will now face Republican opponents in the Nov. 3 midterms; while a Republican won the party’s nomination for county judge to face the Democratic incumbent in November.
Information: El Paso County Elections Department; 915-273-3597; or via email at epelections@epcounty.com.
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