Seguin ISD athletic facility, Marion ISD bond issue among the ballot items
(Seguin) — Voters will get to have the final say on multiple ballot items during Saturday’s May 6 Election. Ballot items include city, school and/or water control improvement district issues.
Guadalupe County’s Elections Administrator Lisa Hayes says the first step is knowing where to vote.
“We have on our election’s office website, we have a document called Election Day Locations Overview and in my opinion a great starting place for voters to determine where to go to vote on election day. It’s a color coded spreadsheet similar to the one we had for early voting where we had an overview and it’s kind of a one stop shopping sight as far as if a voter knows they are in Seguin ISD and they want to vote on the Seguin ISD ballot, it list their options for where they can vote on election day. So for example, Seguin ISD, the voting locations on election day are Barnes Middle School, Rodriguez Elementary, Seguin High School PAC (Performing Arts Center) and the Seguin ISD Admin Building and all election day polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For example, if a voter is in Marion ISD or the city of Santa Clara, they can go and vote either the Marion ISD Tondre Room or at Santa Clara City Hall. Likewise, City of Cibolo District 5 Election, Cibolo Fire Station #2; San Marcos CISD Election, St. Joseph’s Mission; Lake McQueeney Water Control Improvement District — those voters can vote in the Lake McQueeney Ski Lodge or the Seguin ISD Admin Building and then Lake Dunlap Water Control Improvement District — that would at the Seguin ISD Admin Building,” said Hayes.
Hayes says a more specific look at the ballot is also available on the website. Plus she reminds folks that the elections office will not serve as a polling site.
“If you need more detailed information, for example, what the sample ballot is for one of these locations then you can go to the next section below on our website and click on that specific entity so Seguin ISD or Lake Placid and if you go further, one level down, you will actually see the sample ballots. So we’ve tried to make it pretty straight forward to find where to go and what you are going to be voting on. Worst case scenario, voters can always call our office. We will be here on election day but not for voting. No one can vote in our office on election day but we will be here. We can look voters up. We can direct them to the current polling location for what they can vote on but there is just no voting here on election day,” said Hayes.
Among the featured races locally is the Seguin ISD and it’s proposed $7.8 million baseball and softball complex at Seguin High School. The district is looking to return its baseball program to the main campus. High school baseball programs are currently hosted at the city of Seguin’s aging Smokey Joe Field located at the Seguin Events Complex. By offering the program on campus, school officials say it would cut down on a player’s commute during practices and games. Plus, equipment would no longer have to be hauled off to and from Smokey Joe.
As reported, the baseball/softball fields, if approved, would be constructed together sharing amenities such as concession stands and restrooms. The new fields would also be turf allowing the schools an opportunity to utilize the fields during wet weather. They say it would also save dollars that are no longer needed for the maintenance of grass.
Marion ISD voters are also returning to the polls to decide on a $78.8 million bond issue. The bulk of that proposed bond will address security and the expansion and renovation of its high school. This will mark the district’s third attempt at passing a multi-million-dollar bond issue in one year. This latest attempt, however, is a bit different in that it does include a new competitive gym – a facility that district officials say is desperately needed. The current gym is also described as aging, in need of repairs and again not adequate for the now more than double the number of students enrolled in the district’s middle school and high school athletic programs.
The county elections office website can be found at www.co.guadalupe.tx.us.
Seguin Radio KWED will begin its live election coverage as soon as the polls close at 7 p.m. Saturday. Results can be heard live on AM 1580 KWED or online at SeguinToday.com. Be sure to click on the red and white listen live button located on the top right corner.