Election Information - NOTE: NEW POLLING PLACE

Only voters who are registered to vote within WCID#89 (Brunswick Meadows, Brunwick Lakes, Brunswick Place, or Morningside Place neighborhoods) will be allowed to vote in the District's Board election. If your voter registration card has any other address, even if it is in within Harris County, please IMMEDIATELY e-mail tax_voters@hctx.net or call the Voter Registration Department at 713-368-VOTE (8683) to request an application by mail.

If you wait to vote until 11/6/12, you will need to go to Christa Adair Park on Cullen, south of the Beltway. You may choose to take advantage of the early voting opportunity, which starts October 22, 2012. Here are a few places nearby where you can vote early.

Palm Center: JP/Constable Entry 5300 Griggs Road, 77021

Astrodome Area: Fiesta Mart, Inc. 8130 Kirby Drive, 77054

Hiram Clarke Multi-Service Center 3810 W. Fuqua, 77045

Early voting hours are:

October 22 to October 26 from 8AM-4:30PM  

October 27 from 7AM-7PM

October 28 from 1PM-6PM                                            

October 29 to November 2 from 7AM-7PM

WCID #89 is governed by 5 Board members who serve 4 year terms of office. Three Board members, Sharyn Smalls, Arthur G. Washington, and Byron Watson, all live in Morningside Place and their terms of office expire on 11/6/12 - the day of the presidential election. AK Babers and Jeraine Root from Brunswick Meadows also serve on the Board, but their terms of office do not expire until November 2014.

Elections for the WCID#89 Board are only held when an incumbent has a challenger petition to be on the ballot. Four challengers have emerged for the three seats: Victoria Lastee (resident of Morningside Place and former member of the Board who was defeated in the 2010 election by AK and Jeraine) and three residents of the Brunswick neighborhoods. They are Karri Garza and Charles "CG" Johnson from Brunswick Meadows, and Mike Smith from Brunswick Lakes. The candidates who receive the most votes will win the positions - there is no runoff.

The WCID#89 place on the ballot is the VERY LAST PAGE, past all the propositions. You will be allowed to vote for up to three candidates, but not more than three. Here’s what it will look like, in this exact order:

Harris County W.C.I.D. No. 89

Directors

Vote for None, 1, 2 or 3

□ Karri Garza

□ Sharyn Smalls

□ Michael Clancy Smith

□ Victoria D. Lastee

□ Byron Keith Watson, Sr.

□ Charles "C.G." Johnson

□ Arthur Washington

As you can see, there is no indication of who the incumbents are, or in which neighborhood each candidate resides. If you choose to vote a 'straight party' ticket (all Democrats or all Republicans) the machine will immediately move you to the propositions portion of the ballot. After voting on these, you will need to click "NEXT" to move you to the WCID#89 ballot. When you review your ballot, please be sure to see that you have voted in the WCID#89 election before hitting "SUBMIT".