Q UESTION: My partner voted early in the current election, and after that I got a text (on my telephone number, not hers) from somebody thanking her for her vote.
It stated, “It’s Oeisha with theTexas Organizing Project Thanks for voting early.” My concern is, how did they understand she voted given that the details is personal, I believed. How did they get my cell number given that I do not vote?
RESPONSE: How an individual votes — for what prospect, for or versus a bond election, for example — is constantly personal. The reality of whether somebody is signed up to vote or did or didn’t vote is constantly public, and truthfully, I seem like in an environment where the stability of elections has actually been challenged, that public details ought to make us feel much better about having the capability to validate who voted, if needed.
Gregg County Elections Administrator Jennifer Briggs was kind adequate to describe how details about who votes ends up being normally offered. She stated throughout early ballot, citizen check-ins are upgraded to the Texas Secretary of State’s site every early morning.
“If a citizen has actually voted, signed in and voted, that is a public record,” she stated.
That procedure likewise assists keep track of that there aren’t more votes than citizens, she stated. Texas does not have very same day registration like some states do. Voters should be signed up thirty days prior to the election, which suggests elections authorities understand the number of individuals are qualified to vote prior to the election. It’s another check and balance in the ballot system.
“We do a reconciliation report,” she stated, which amounts to all the votes from mail-in tallies, early ballot, Election Day, provisionary and military to make certain all the vote counts match.
” I was brief one vote,” she stated, due to the fact that somebody had actually sent by mail in a tally, however without the tally inside. There was absolutely nothing to be scanned and counted in the ballot.
You can have a look at those early ballot records too, similar to the Texas Organizing Project did.
Visit earlyvoting.texas-election.com/Elections/getElectionEVDates.do, pick the election in which you’re interested and after that pick the early ballot date you wish to examine. Scroll down to discover the county you desire and click the “Voter Details Report” in the last column.
I do not have a great response yet for how your telephone number was linked to your partner’s vote. I’m poking around and will return to that concern.
Q: I attempted to take my glass to be recycled at the North Eastman Road station house in Longview, and there was no glass cart noticeable that I might see. Then I attempted to take it to the Longview Mall, and all the glass recycling carts had padlocks on them. Can you inform me why there was no cart noticeable at the station house and why the carts at the shopping mall were locked?
A: Solid Waste Manager Edie Brown stated she is constantly pleased to address concerns from the general public, and I believe this concern will be handy to other individuals.
She validated the carts at the shopping mall do have padlocks, however they’re still functional. And honestly, we just have ourselves to blame for the padlocks.
“We discovered individuals were putting garbage bags in the carts, so we made an eliminated in the cover to accept glass as much as the size of a big bottle however not bags of garbage,” she stated. “The reader might have increased to the curb and saw the padlocks (they are on the lip of the cover, keeping the cover near to restrict gain access to due to the fact that of the formerly pointed out difficulty we have) and presumed they were locked and not functional.
” I am sorry that occurred,” she continued. “We are experiencing an incredible boost in involvement in the glass recycling program given that we’re- released’ and induced the shopping mall area this previous summer season. We generally require our big box to be carried far from the garden compost drop off (where all the satellite-collected glass is taken) as soon as every 4 to 6 months, however have actually needed a month-to-month haul given that July.”
As for the glass recycling carts at the North Eastman Road station house, they are on the Leota Street side of the station with an indication designating the “glass recycling” area.
The city has actually now upgraded the website to show that information. (Remember glass ought to not be positioned with the routine recycling bins at our houses.)
Longview glass recycling drop-off places for bottles and containers:
Gregg County Pct 2, 3211 W. Marshall Ave., (behind the structure by the dumpsters);
City of Longview Compost Facility, 2020 Swinging Bridge Road;
Fire Station No 2, 708 N. Eastman Road (available from Leota Street rear end of station house);
Fire Station No 3, 1133 E. Birdsong St.;
Fire Station No 7, 2711 Gilmer Road; and
Longview Mall, 3500 McCan n Road (near food court entryway).
