Today marks election day for federal, state, local candidates

(Seguin) – It’s election day. Those who participated in the Republican Primary Election back in March or who did not vote in the Primary Election will be heading to the polls today to decide on at least one of three possible ballot items. The one race folks are guaranteed to find on their Guadalupe County ballot is the runoff for the Republican nomination for Texas State Representative District 44.  Longtime incumbent John Kuempel faces challenger Alan Schoolcraft for the position. Kuempel and Schoolcraft will have to pull most votes from Guadalupe and Gonzales Counties to claim that nomination.

The two other races available will only appear if voters live within their precinct or jurisdiction.

The first is the Republican nomination for Congressional District 28. Candidates include Jay Furman and Lazaro Garza Jr. Also looking to secure the Republican nomination for Guadalupe County Commissioner Pct. 1 are candidates Jacqueline Ott and Dustin Engelke. The seat currently belongs to Commissioner Greg Seidenberger, who chose to retire.

Meanwhile, as folks head to the polls, Guadalupe County Elections Administrator Lisa Hayes is offering a few reminders to voters; one of which includes their cell phones.

“I would like to remind the voters and the candidates that there is no electioneering or recording devices within 100 feet of the polls. So, when the voters come to the polls, at some point, 100 feet from the polls is what we can a distance marker and there’s no cell phones allowed to be used within those hundred feet. There is no political wear gear, bumper stickers, t-shirts, hats — anything that is for a political party or candidate.

Nothing is allowed within a hundred feet of that nature and if would really help us out a lot if the voters remember that. I know it gets boring standing in line sometimes and so they want to get their phones out and be on their phones but that’s not allowed within 100 feet of the polls,” said Hayes.

Each of Guadalupe County’s 36 Vote Centers will be in operation throughout the county for today’s runoff election. Any Guadalupe County registered voter can vote at any of these election-day locations, regardless of the precinct in which they reside.

Election polls will be open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Seguin Radio KWED will have live election coverage beginning with the announcement of early voting totals at 7:05 p.m. Results can be heard on AM 1580 KWED or online at SeguinToday.com. Today’s election coverage is being brought to listeners by Gift & Gourmet.