Travis County Clerk

The rumor mill got a little out of hand on the first day of early voting. A posting by KEYE on their website and Facebook incorrectly advised voters that straight party voting would automatically vote yes or in favor of the bond propositions down the ballot.

KEYE was quick to correct their error. The following was posted on their Facebook page "We erroneously reported about an hour ago that voting the straight party line on Travis County ballots would vote yes on the propositions down the ballot. That will not happen. We apologize. If you have questions about voting, go to the Travis County Elections Facebook page." KEYE will run a 5 p.m. broadcast to advise voters to carefully mark every item on the ballot.

This erroneous report gives us an opportunity to direct voters to make sure they look at the full ballot. Voting is easy and simple.

Here's what you need to know:

1. Take your time and carefully vote your ballot - you can vote Straight Party or contest-by contest.
2. Remember that, in addition to President, there are races for statewide,
3. After you have made your selections, you will see a Ballot Summary Page. This lets you look at all of your choices to make sure they are what you want. If you want to make changes, you may do so at this time.
4. Most importantly, make any changes and ask questions BEFORE you hit the CAST BALLOT button. When you hit this button, it's like dropping a ballot in a ballot box - the ballot cannot be pulled back at this point.

Voters with questions are urged to contact the Travis County Clerk's Elections Division at (512) 854-4996.