Smith County residents can begin casting their ballots on Monday, kicking off two weeks of early voting for the Nov. 5, Presidential Election. (Contributed Photo)

More than 62% of registered voters in Smith County cast ballots during the general election. 

There are 162,000 registered voters in Smith County for the current election. About 52% of people voted during early voting, and a total of 62% had voted by the end of Election Day, the elections office reported.

During two weeks of early voting, 84,436 ballots were cast. That includes 81,554 in-person votes and 2,882 mail-in ballots.

Although the numbers of voters in the current election were more than those who early voted in the 2020 Presidential Election, the percentage of voters was lower.

In 2020, Smith County saw 79,787 ballots cast during three weeks of early voting in that year’s Presidential Election. That’s 60 percent of the 146,700 registered voters at that time. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting was extended to three weeks instead of the normal two.

Voters were making decisions on who they want to see in local, state and federal races — all the way from United States president to Smith County commissioner.

There were 38 vote centers open on Election Day, including:

Arp First Baptist Church: 304 W. Front St., Arp, TX 75750

Bell Elementary School: 1409 E. Hankerson St., Tyler, TX 75701

Bethel Bible Church: 17121 Hwy 69 S, Tyler, TX 75703

Bullard Southern Baptist Church: 716 N. Houston St., Bullard, TX 75757

Cameron J Jarvis Library: 102 S. Georgia St., Troup, TX 75789

Central Baptist Church: 1343 E Grande Blvd, Tyler, TX 75703

Chapel Hill Fire Department: 13801 CR 220, Tyler, TX 75707

Clarkston Elementary School: 2915 Williamsburg Dr., Tyler, TX 75701

Crossbrand Cowboy Church: 11915 FM 2015, Tyler, TX 75708

Family of Faith Christian Church: 3299 US 271, Tyler, TX 75708

First Baptist Church Gresham: 16844 CR 165, Tyler, TX 75703

First Christian Church: Christian Life Center Gym: 4202 S Broadway Ave, Tyler, TX 75701

Flint Baptist Church: 11131 FM 2868 W, Flint, TX 75762

Garden Valley Baptist Church: 17816 CR 442, Lindale, TX 75771

Glass Recreation Center: 501 W. 32nd St., Tyler, TX 75702

Heritage Building: 1900 Bellwood Rd., Tyler, TX 75701

Hideaway Members Svcs Building: 101 Hide-A-Way Ln, Hideaway, TX 75771

Hill Creek Baptist Church: 14749 Hwy 110 S, Whitehouse, TX 75791

Main Location The HUB: 304 E. Ferguson St., Tyler, TX 75702

Jones-Boshears Elementary School: 3450 Chandler Hwy, Tyler, TX 75702

Lanes Chapel Methodist Church: Family Center: 8720 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Tyler, TX 75703

Lindale Kinzie Community Center: 912 Mt. Sylvan St., Lindale, TX 75771

Lindale Masonic Lodge: 200 W. Margaret St., Lindale, TX 75771

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church: 10519 FM 344 E, Whitehouse, TX 75791

N. Tenneha Church of Christ: 1701 N Tenneha Ave., Tyler, TX 75702

New Harmony Baptist Church: 10251 FM 724, Tyler, TX 75704

Noonday Community Center: 16662 CR 196, Tyler, TX 75703

Old Tyler Airport: 150 Airport Dr., Tyler, TX 75704

Red Springs Fire Department: 16759 FM 14, Tyler, TX 75706

Shiloh Road Church of Christ: 1801 Shiloh Rd., Tyler, TX 75703

St. Louis Baptist Church: 4000 Frankston Hwy., Tyler, TX 75701

St. Violet Baptist Church: 14129 FM 2767, Tyler, TX 75708

Starrville Church of the Living God: 18396 Hwy 271, Winona, TX 75792

Swan Wood Springs Methodist Church: 12005 US Hwy 69 N, Tyler, TX 75706

Three Lakes Middle School: 2445 Three Lakes Pkwy., Tyler, TX 75703

Tyler Senior Center: 1915 Garden Valley Rd., Tyler, TX 75702

Whitehouse Methodist Church: 405 W. Main St., Whitehouse, TX 75791

Winona Community Center: 520 Dallas St., Winona, TX 75792

Due to ongoing construction of a parking garage adjacent to the Elections Office and The Hub, parking may be limited at the main polling location. Allcon encourages voters to consider using one of the other voting sites.

What’s on the ballot?

Races that have just one candidate are uncontested but will still appear on the ballot. This is only a sample ballot and all of these races will not appear on each voter’s ballot, due to specific precincts. To view a specific sample ballot for your area, go to smith-county.com or directly to https://tinyurl.com/smithsampleballots

Federal

President/ Vice President

Donald J. Trump/JD Vance (R)

Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)

Chase Oliver/Mike Ter Maat (L)

Jill Stein/Ruldolf Ware (G)

U.S. senator

Ted Cruz (R)

Colin Allred (D)

Ted Brown (L)

U.S. representative District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

State

Railroad commissioner

Christi Craddick (R)

Katherine Culbert (D)

Hawk Dunlap (L)

Eddie Espinoza (G)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2

Jimmy Blacklock (R)

Dasean Jones (D)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4

John Devine (R)

Christine Vinh Weems (D)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6

Jane Bland (R)

Bonnie Lee Goldstein (D)

J. David Roberson (L)

Presiding judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

David J. Schenck (R)

Holly Taylor (D)

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7

Gina Parker (R)

Nancy Mulder (D)

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8

Lee Finley (R)

Chika Anyiam (D)

State Representative, District 5

Cole Hefner (R)

State Representative, District 6

Daniel Alders (R)

Cody Grace (D)

Justice, 12th Court of Criminal Appeals District, Place 3

Greg Neeley (3)

District Judge, 7th Judicial District

Kerry L. Russell (R)

District Judge, 114th Judicial District

Austin Reeve Jackson (R)

District Judge, 475th Judicial District

Taylor Heaton (R)

County

County Court at Law No. 2 (unexpired term)

Sara Maynard (R)

Sheriff

Larry Smith (R)

County Tax Assessor/ Collector

Gary Barber (R)

County Commissioner, Precinct 1

Christina Drewry (R)

County Commissioner, Precinct 3

J. Scott Herod (R)

Edith Mayfield Wilson (D)

Constable, Precinct 1

Ralph Caraway Jr. (D)

Constable, Precinct 2

Wayne Allen (R)

Constable, Precinct 3

Jim Blackmon (R)

Constable, Precinct 5

Wesley Hicks (R)

Smith County Emergency Service District No. 1 — Lindale VFD

Commissioners, District 4

Ken Smith

Chris Bellar

Cory Crowell

Smith County Emergency Services District No. 2

Commissioner, District 1

Brent Dominy

Quint Balkcom

Smith County Emergency Service District No. 2

Commissioners, District 4

Johnny Brown

Robert Templin

City of Overton

City Council, Place 1

Cory Moose

Sheri Schmoll

City Council, Place 3

Casey True

City Council, Place 5

Michael Paul Williams

Nov. 6 is the last day to receive a ballot by mail. For more elections information, visit tylerpaper.com/elections or visit smith-county.com.

Online

IN-DEPTH COVERAGE: Read more about each individual candidate and race online at tylerpaper.com/elections.