A message to Brazos County voters is to not walk out of a voting center with your ballot.
Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock says if you go outside still holding your ballot, state law does not allow you to re-enter to drop off the ballot. And you can not vote a second time.
Hancock also says there are two other steps for your vote to count. After making your selections, the ballot has to be printed. Then the ballot has to be scanned before it is placed in the ballot box.
Early voting in Brazos County continues through the weekend and through next week. Hours are Saturday (October 26) from seven until seven, Sunday (October 27) from ten until four, and next Monday through Friday (October 28-November 1) from seven until seven.
Brazos County commissioners Wanda Watson and Nancy Berry shared observations about voting center activity at the end of Tuesday’s meeting (October 22).
Click below to hear comments from Wanda Watson and Nancy Berry:
News release from Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock:
The Brazos County Elections Administration would like to remind all voters to please place your printed ballots in the boxes before you exit a polling location.
Voting in Brazos County is a multi-step process. After marking selections at the voting both, the voter must then print the ballot. They then take that printed ballot to a separate machine to scan their ballot. This is where the ballot is counted before it drops into the ballot box.
Placing the paper ballot in the scanner before exiting the polling location is a critical step. Without it, none of the other steps are valid.
Your Brazos County elections administrator, Trudy Hancock, and her staff want to make sure every voice is heard and every vote counts. Please do not leave your polling place with your paper ballot. It is not a receipt. It is your vote.