Early voting wraps up on Nov. 4

By LYNETTE SOWELL

Cove Leader-Press

During the first 10 days of early voting, 4,485 voters turned out to the polls at the Copperas Cove Early Voting Center in Cove Terrace Shopping Center.

Altogether in Coryell County, 8,381 voters have cast ballots, with 3,240 being cast in Gatesville and 656 mail-in ballots being received.

Polls are open Friday, Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Election day, Nov. 8, polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the following Coryell County locations:

Copperas Cove Civic Center, 1206 W Avenue B

Holy Family Catholic Church, 1001 Georgetown Rd.

Eastside Baptist Church, 1202 MLK Jr Blvd.

Gatesville Civic Center, 303 Veterans Memorial Loop

Turnersville Community Center, 8115 FM 182, Gatesville

Evant City Hall, 598 E Highway 84, Evant

Community Center, 159 CR 334, Flat

Oglesby Community Center, 118 Main St., Oglesby

Voting in Lampasas County will take place on Election Day at:

Clear Creek Baptist Church, 3350 FM 2657, Kempner

Kempner Fire Department Training, 315 S. Pecan, Kempner

Copperas Cove has two races which will be decided, one for city council and one for the Copperas Cove Independent School District Board of Trustees.

The winner of the Place 4 city council election will fill the seat currently occupied by Jay Manning, who has served two terms. Candidates are John Hale and Edith Natividad.

For Copperas Cove city council Place 3, incumbent Shawn Alzona is running unopposed and will serve his first full three-year term of office.

For Place 5, current councilmember Dianne Yoho Campbell withdrew from the race and will continue to serve until her term ends. Copperas Cove veteran and restauranteur Manuel “Monty” Montanez will step into the position, being unopposed on the ballot.

Copperas Cove voters will decide Place 5 on the Copperas Cove Independent School District Board of Trustees in the race between incumbent Jeff Gorres and challenger Heather Copeland.

Longtime incumbents Joan Manning (Place 4) and Mike Wilburn (Place 3) are running unopposed and will serve for another three years.

The sole proposition on the ballot this year is Proposition A, which if it passes, will reassign 1/8-cent of the city’s sales tax revenue to the city’s Street Department for street maintenance and repair. Currently, that fund receives 1/8-cent of sales tax, so this would double the amount of revenue that could be put into street maintenance and repairs in the city.

For more information on candidates and the election, see the Leader-Press Election 2022 page at https://www.coveleaderpress.com/election-2022.