Comal County voters will decide during the March 3 primary elections which candidates will face off in the Nov. 3 general election. The list includes a number of countywide races.
Here’s what to know before heading to the polls on election day, and some unofficial early voting numbers.
What’s on the ballot
Voters will see Republican primary candidates for Comal County judge, commissioners for Precincts 2 and 4, county clerk and more. No Democratic candidates filed to run for any of the county-level races, according to the Texas Secretary of State website.
Comal County residents can find which precinct they live in here, and can find their respective precincts’ sample ballots here.
What to bring
Voters must bring one of seven forms of identification to the polls:
- A Texas driver's license (issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety)
- A Texas personal ID card (issued by the DPS)
- A Texas handgun license (issued by the DPS)
- A Texas election ID certificate (issued by the DPS)
- A U.S. military ID card with the voter’s photograph
- A U.S. citizenship certificate with the voter’s photograph
- A U.S. passport
Texans without an approved ID can sign a “reasonable impediment declaration” at the polls and present an alternative form of identification, such as a birth certificate, a current utility bill or a paycheck. More information about voter ID requirements is available at votetexas.gov.
What you need to know
During primary elections, voters can cast a ballot at any voting location across the county, regardless of precinct, according to the county’s website.
Voters can find a list of voting locations here. On election day, all voting sites are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
What else
There were approximately 20,029 ballots cast after early voting, according to the secretary of state website. This equates to approximately 13.58% of the 147,503 registered voters in the county.
Republican voters accounted for 13,969 of that number, or about 9.47%, while Democrats—who were primarily voting for federal and state offices—totaled about 6,060, or about 4.11% of early voters, according to the secretary of state.
Other races at the state and federal levels include:
- One U.S. Senate seat
- Governor
- Lieutenant governor
- State attorney general
- State comptroller
- State land commissioner
- State agriculture commissioner
- One railroad commissioner
- Four state Supreme Court justices
- Three judges on the state Court of Criminal Appeals
- Three justices on Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals
Visit https://communityimpact.com/voter-guide to see results from all local and state elections in your community.
