Texas started no-excuse early voting in 1987. While the first couple of years wasn't exactly what it is today, by 1991 we had pre-election day voting for elections with no reason necessary for you to go and vote. It would prevent everyone from having to stand in long lines on election day.
Voting for the City of Gonzales starts Monday April 30th - May 6th from 8 AM - 5 PM and May 7 - 8th from 7 AM - 7 PM.
For almost 3 years I've been activist on our city council. But for almost 30 years now I've voted. Even when I was in Germany I voted via absentee.
It is not only our civic right, it's our civic duty to vote!
I don't care which of the candidates you are supporting for mayor, or if you're in district 4 which candidate you're supporting, What I do care about is hearing people complain about what's going on in this community and doing NOTHING about it. Now is your no-excuse time to do SOMETHING about our city.
We ARE going to get a new mayor and district 4 IS going to get a new council member. So are YOU going to be a part of that? Or are YOU going to be someone who just whines when things aren't what you think they should be.
One thing I'll give to everyone who is running, at least they are trying to make a difference, and not just sitting on the sidelines complaining without doing anything.
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser
REFERENCES
Texas Early Voting
City of Gonzales Order of Election
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Today starts it off...
So today is the day you can go down to the city secretary and fill in your paper work to run in the May election.
Remember a few things...
1) Per city rules you must be registered to vote and live in that district(council member) / city(mayor) for 6 months. That means your voter registration card and drivers license have to match where you fall to sleep at since December 2011 (I did tell you that back in October).
2) It cost NOTHING to sign up. That's right, no expense what so ever to sign up to run.
3) There are no party affiliations for city races. You don't have to declare Republican or Democrat or other, as a matter of fact there is no where TO declare such an affiliation.
4) There are, by state law, financial forms that have to be filled out periodically, and you can get in big trouble if you don't.
5) There are guidelines for all signs, printed material, and advertisements that you put out that have to be maintained (Those little disclaimers, etc).
6) We have a wide open Mayoral race (meaning no incumbent) and 2 council seats (3 and 4) running this time.
7) Who is more qualified than YOU? You have ideas, you have talents, you have vision for this town? Then why aren't you running?
So get down to city hall today, ask for your application, sign up and let's have some good, clean exchange of ideas that will help the city grow.
And for the records, those of you who are seriously thinking about it, leave the crappy mud slinging for the mud wrestling shows in the big cities. We don't need to know who didn't wash their hands this morning, or who said what about who, or who did something 25 years ago...it's not pertinent to the issues at hand.
What are those? How are we going to continue our stride to a more transparent city government? How are we going to manage our money better so we don't have to borrow $6,000,000 in the future? How are we going to deal with the influx of people who are coming in the city right now? And how are we going to keep our infrastructure in good shape through all of this? How are we going to make JB Wells accountable and yet be the best little rodeo arena in Texas? Those are just a few of the issues at the top of my head right now.
That's what the voters of Gonzales want to hear about!
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser
Remember a few things...
1) Per city rules you must be registered to vote and live in that district(council member) / city(mayor) for 6 months. That means your voter registration card and drivers license have to match where you fall to sleep at since December 2011 (I did tell you that back in October).
2) It cost NOTHING to sign up. That's right, no expense what so ever to sign up to run.
3) There are no party affiliations for city races. You don't have to declare Republican or Democrat or other, as a matter of fact there is no where TO declare such an affiliation.
4) There are, by state law, financial forms that have to be filled out periodically, and you can get in big trouble if you don't.
5) There are guidelines for all signs, printed material, and advertisements that you put out that have to be maintained (Those little disclaimers, etc).
6) We have a wide open Mayoral race (meaning no incumbent) and 2 council seats (3 and 4) running this time.
7) Who is more qualified than YOU? You have ideas, you have talents, you have vision for this town? Then why aren't you running?
So get down to city hall today, ask for your application, sign up and let's have some good, clean exchange of ideas that will help the city grow.
And for the records, those of you who are seriously thinking about it, leave the crappy mud slinging for the mud wrestling shows in the big cities. We don't need to know who didn't wash their hands this morning, or who said what about who, or who did something 25 years ago...it's not pertinent to the issues at hand.
What are those? How are we going to continue our stride to a more transparent city government? How are we going to manage our money better so we don't have to borrow $6,000,000 in the future? How are we going to deal with the influx of people who are coming in the city right now? And how are we going to keep our infrastructure in good shape through all of this? How are we going to make JB Wells accountable and yet be the best little rodeo arena in Texas? Those are just a few of the issues at the top of my head right now.
That's what the voters of Gonzales want to hear about!
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser
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