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More than 11,000 county residents cast ballots by the time the first week of early voting ended Saturday.
Here's the latest local and national news about the 2020 election, including updates on the candidates, the polls and the major issues.
Early voting in what will likely be a record turnout election for Nacogdoches County drew nearly 6,700 to the polls in the first three days, according to numbers from the local elections office.
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An estimated 2,600 county voters cast ballots Tuesday in the first day of early voting in the Nov. 3 election, which is already a record-breaker as far as registered county voters.
More locations, extended early voting and onsite precautions were in place as early voting began Tuesday for the Nov. 3 election.
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In rural East Texas, drug addiction, particularly to methamphetamine and crack cocaine, lurks just below the surface in a large percentage of crimes, acting as a sort of mafia boss who calls the shots on when and where to break the law.
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Early voting in Texas can begin Oct. 13, following the timeline the governor laid out months ago, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, rejecting a request from several top Texas Republicans to limit the timeframe for voters to cast their ballots.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is facing a lawsuit over his extension of early voting for the November election from prominent members of his own party — including state party Chair Allen West, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and members of the Texas Legislature.
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The voter registration deadline of Oct. 5 is quickly approaching and Election Day is less than six weeks away. So this week in conjunction with Tuesday’s National Voter Registration Day, political parties, elections officials and nonpartisan groups are entering the final phase of a push to e…
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The Democratic Party will be registering voters Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in observance of National Voter Registration Day.
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced expanded openings in most regions of Texas during a press conference Thursday afternoon.
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered three Green Party candidates to be restored to the November ballot after Democrats successfully sued to remove them in a move that will delay the roll-out of mail-in ballots and has already disrupted the voting process for military and overseas voters.
Mail ballots sent out and returned before several county races were postponed in May won’t be counted, after all.
Republicans are shaking the bushes and rallying their base in an effort to ensure the GOP remains the dominant party in Texas come November.
Nacogdoches County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a list of additional polling locations for early voting as well as Election Day on Nov. 3.
Polling locations for the upcoming election and salaries of elected officials will be up for discussion when county commissioners meet on Tuesday.
The slate of local candidates for city and school elections in the fall is complete and includes several races postponed by the coronavirus pandemic this spring.
WASHINGTON — In a rare moment in the Trump era, several Texas Republicans pushed back against President Donald Trump on Thursday when he floated in a tweet the idea of delaying the presidential election in November. The president does not have the legal authority to move Election Day; that p…
