League of Women Voters and the Sun sponsor forums
By KATHERINE ANTHONY
Be an informed voter!
Get to know the candidates for Georgetown City Council, mayor, and GISD Board of Trustees in upcoming forums co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters-Wilco and The Sun.
The forums will be conducted via webinar, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84025300558. Attendees are limited to 100 per forum and are asked to connect five minutes before each session.
City of Georgetown
District 2 — Shawn Hood, Lisa King, and Jason Wirth.
District 6 — Rachael Jonrowe and Michael Walton.
Mayor — Larry Brundridge, Jonathan Dade, and Josh Schroeder.
Georgetown ISD Trustee
Place 4 — Dave Phillips, Stephanie Blanck, and Francis Jackson.
Place 5 — Melanie Dunham and Eric Robinson.
Forum schedule:
City Council and Mayor — Saturday, Oct. 3
• 1:00-2:15 p.m. City Council District 2
• 2:30-3:45 p.m. City Council District 6
• 4:00-5:30 p.m. Mayoral
Georgetown ISD Board of Trustees — Thursday, Oct. 8
• 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Important election dates:
• Voter registration deadline – Oct. 5
• Early in-person voting – Oct. 13-30
Voters may cast ballots at any early voting location in Williamson County.
• Request vote-by-mail ballot deadline – Oct. 23
• Vote by mail ballot due – Nov. 3
• Election Day - Tuesday, Nov. 3
Voters may cast ballots at any vote center location in Williamson County.
Find information about voting locations, dates, and times at www.
wilco.org/elections.
Sept 25
County to offer 19 Early Voting locations
Williamson County residents will have ample opportunity to vote — and 19 polling places to choose from — when the 18-day Early Voting period starts on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Early Voting runs from Oct. 13 to Oct. 30. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, except for the two Sundays of Early Voting, when they’ll be open 1-6 p.m.
Any registered Williamson County voter can vote at any Early Voting location. The same holds true for Election Day, when even more polling places will be available.
Voting Locations:
• Williamson County’s Georgetown Annex — 100 Wilco Way
• The Worship Place — 811 Sun City Blvd., Georgetown
• Georgetown ISD Technology Building — 603 Lakeway Drive
• Georgetown Randalls — 5721 Williams Drive
• Georgetown Parks and Recreation Administration Building — 1101 N. College St.
• Anderson Mill Limited District — 11500 El Salido Parkway, Austin
• Raymond Hartfield Performing Arts Center — 5800 McNeil Drive, Austin
• Spicewood Springs Library — 8637 Spicewood Spring Road, Austin
• Cedar Park Public Library — 550 Discovery Blvd.
• Cedar Park Randalls — 1400 Cypress Creek Road
• Williamson County Hutto Annex — 321 Ed Schmidt Boulevard, Suite 100
• Jarrell ISD Administration Building —108 E. Avenue F
• Pat Bryson Municipal Hall — 201 N. Brushy St., Leander
• Liberty Hill Municipal Court — 2801 RR 1869
• Baca Senior Center — 301 W. Bagdad St., Building 2, Round Rock
• Round Rock Randalls — 2051 Gattis School Road
• Brushy Creek Community Center — 16318 Great Oaks Drive
• Williamson County Jester Annex — 1801 E. Old Settlers Blvd.
• Taylor City Hall — 400 Porter St.
— Brad Stutzman
Sept 11 2:30 pm
Curbside service for voter registration
By KATHERINE ANTHONY
The League of Women Voters-Wilco will hold two “curbside” voter registration events that allow people to register while staying in their cars.
The events are scheduled for:
• Friday, Sept.18, 5-7 p.m. at Igo Elementary, 1601 C.R. 314, Jarrell
• Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1322 E. University Ave., Georgetown
“Empowering voters is a tenet of the LWV at all levels — national, state and local,” Chris Spano, LWV-Wilco president said. “In a democracy, our vote is our voice, and the first step in voting is to get registered.”
Ms. Spano said the current pandemic has driven people inside, and they may pass this year on getting registered to vote.
The curbside events, she said, are designed for safety.
“We will be socially-distanced and workers will be masked. Just drive up and we’ll give you a registration card that you can fill out in your car and hand back.”
Ms. Spano said trained and certified Volunteer Deputy Registrars will conduct the registrations.
To be eligible to register to vote, you must be:
• A United States citizen
• A resident of the county where the application is submitted
• At least 17 years and 10 months of age
• Not be a convicted felon (unless you have completed your sentence including any incarceration, probation, or parole)
• You must not have been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
The deadline to register to vote in the November election is Oct. 5.
