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Intermittent downpours might have kept many registered voters from casting ballots for candidates and issues in five May 1 elections, but officials are expecting many more during the final three days of early voting. “This is the city’s first contested (May) election since 2012 — without them, it would really be slow,” Comal County Elections Administrator Cynthia Jaqua said of the 1,722 votes cast at polls and through the mail since the nine-day early voting period began Monday.  Jaqua said 84,034 of nearly 118,000 total registered voters are eligible to help decide rac...

New Braunfels and Comal County residents will consider new candidates’ promising new voices this spring — with May 1 election outcomes possibly shaping future courses for city councils and school districts. Political action committees and donations from long-time city and county politicos are backing candidates facing challenges from citizens who packed city council and school board meetings the past several months, some threatening to sideline incumbents opposed to their views. It could all lead to a strong turnout at the polls when early voting begins on Monday. Elections Administ...

A 19-year-old student garnered the highest number of grass-roots donations, while two political action committees and prominent contributors are fueling candidates in New Braunfels City Council races and school district trustees elections, according to public records. A total of 14 candidates are on the May 1 ballot, seeking two positions each on the New Braunfels City Council and New Braunfels and Comal independent school districts – the most since 11 vied for council and Comal ISD slots in 2003 and before New Braunfels ISD shifted to spring elections in 2008. Brittany Soto, a college s...

Thursday, April 1, is the final day to register to vote in the May 1 elections, when voters will head to the polls to select two New Braunfels City Council members, two school board trustees in the New Braunfels Independent School District and two Comal ISD trustees positions. All seats are for three-year terms. New Braunfels residents will decide 18 proposed amendments to the city’s charter. Those seeking to register can submit completed applications from the Texas Secretary of State website, www.votetexas.gov, by Thursday.  As of Wednesday, the county had an estimated 117,351 registered ...

City Charter Amendment A City Charter Amendment B City Charter Amendment C Prohibits any councilperson from intentionally resigning their position in order to circumvent term limit rules. Offenders would be prohibited from running in future city elections. City Charter Amendment D Clarifies the role of the Mayor during an emergency or disaster. The Mayor would be given access to all of the abilities granted by state law in order to keep the peace, respond to the situation and appoint additional help if necessary. City Charter Amendment E The Mayor Pro Tem would be primarily responsible for co...