From our October 26, 2000, edition.

Straight ticket voting clarified, early balloting continues thru Nov. 3 

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Donley County Clerk Fay Vargas reports a recent article in the Amarillo newspaper has caused some confusion about voting a straight ticket in the General Election.

Voters can mark an X next to their favorite party to cast a vote for every candidate of that party. But if a voter then marks a vote for an individual candidate in another party, that vote would override the straight party vote for that particular race. In other words, you don’t get to vote twice in the same race.

Early voting began Monday and will continue in the Donley County Courthouse Annex until November 3, 2000. Vargas reports her office will be open for early voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., including the noon hour.

The General Election will be November 7, 2000, and a sample ballot will be printed in next week’s Enterprise. Profiles of local candidates are being published this week on page 12.