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Votes canvassed, election tally amended
BY CHARLYN FINN
Calhoun County Commissioners’ Court Tuesday canvassed the votes and approved an amended tally.
Since the initial tally on election night, some candidates gained one or two votes or lost one or two. However, Linda Reyna Yanez, candidate for Justice Supreme Court Place 8, lost considerably more votes between Nov. 4 and Nov. 13. On Election Night, she had 3,951 votes in Calhoun County compared to Phil Johnson’s 3,399 and Drew Shirley’s 196. But after a review, the Johnson and Shirley votes were unchanged but Yanez had only 2,953 votes. Johnson ended up winning in Calhoun County instead of Yanez.
Statewide, Johnson received 4,009,063 votes, Yanez 3,424,159 and Shirley 233,460.
“In the grand total election night, there was a typo,” Election Administrator Dora Garcia said. “There was a three and it should have been a two. Almost everyone gained a couple of votes by the time of the canvass due to the military votes.”
According to the canvassed tally, a total of 3,454 people voted early in Calhoun County with 6,920 voting in the total election. On the Secretary of State’s Election Division website, 52.48 percent of the 13,096 registered voters in Calhoun County voted.
Statewide, 8,053,036 Texans voted in the general election which represents 59.32 percent of the registered voters.
In other action, the county fire ban was lifted. Calhoun County Commissioners Court voted Thursday, Nov. 13, to lift the ban that was in place since Oct. 23.
At 3:34 p.m. Thursday, County Judge Michael Pfeifer issued a statement to all Calhoun County volunteer fire departments informing them that the court lifted the order prohibiting outdoor burning effective immediately. The action was approved 3-0. Pct. 1 Commissioner Roger Galvan and Pct. 3 Commissioner Neil Fritsch were absent. Galvan was in court and Fritsch was ill.
Elwood “Buzz” Currier said during the Memorial Medical Center report that 40 applications have been received for the hospital administrator’s job. He is retiring next year.
Commissioners agreed to close and abandon Ocean Drive between Blocks 8 and 9, Mallory’s First Addition to Magnolia Beach subdivision in Calhoun County. Mostly the abandoned area exists only on the plat. Kevin W. Pruett, owner of properties adjacent to Ocean Drive made the request.
Since the initial tally on election night, some candidates gained one or two votes or lost one or two. However, Linda Reyna Yanez, candidate for Justice Supreme Court Place 8, lost considerably more votes between Nov. 4 and Nov. 13. On Election Night, she had 3,951 votes in Calhoun County compared to Phil Johnson’s 3,399 and Drew Shirley’s 196. But after a review, the Johnson and Shirley votes were unchanged but Yanez had only 2,953 votes. Johnson ended up winning in Calhoun County instead of Yanez.
Statewide, Johnson received 4,009,063 votes, Yanez 3,424,159 and Shirley 233,460.
“In the grand total election night, there was a typo,” Election Administrator Dora Garcia said. “There was a three and it should have been a two. Almost everyone gained a couple of votes by the time of the canvass due to the military votes.”
According to the canvassed tally, a total of 3,454 people voted early in Calhoun County with 6,920 voting in the total election. On the Secretary of State’s Election Division website, 52.48 percent of the 13,096 registered voters in Calhoun County voted.
Statewide, 8,053,036 Texans voted in the general election which represents 59.32 percent of the registered voters.
In other action, the county fire ban was lifted. Calhoun County Commissioners Court voted Thursday, Nov. 13, to lift the ban that was in place since Oct. 23.
At 3:34 p.m. Thursday, County Judge Michael Pfeifer issued a statement to all Calhoun County volunteer fire departments informing them that the court lifted the order prohibiting outdoor burning effective immediately. The action was approved 3-0. Pct. 1 Commissioner Roger Galvan and Pct. 3 Commissioner Neil Fritsch were absent. Galvan was in court and Fritsch was ill.
Elwood “Buzz” Currier said during the Memorial Medical Center report that 40 applications have been received for the hospital administrator’s job. He is retiring next year.
Commissioners agreed to close and abandon Ocean Drive between Blocks 8 and 9, Mallory’s First Addition to Magnolia Beach subdivision in Calhoun County. Mostly the abandoned area exists only on the plat. Kevin W. Pruett, owner of properties adjacent to Ocean Drive made the request.
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