Residents have until Thursday, April 9, to register to vote in the May General Election on May 9.

Applications for a ballot by mail will be accepted until May 1. Applications for a ballot by mail shall be mailed to Rachael B. Garcia, Elections Administrator, P.O. Box 452, Refugio, Texas 78377.

Early voting will be conducted at the Elections Administration office in the Refugio Shopping Center from April 27 through May 5.

The towns of Austwell, Refugio and Woodsboro; and Refugio and Woodsboro ISDs all have contested races.

Elections have been cancelled by the town of Bayside, Refugio Memorial Hospital District, Austwell-Tivoli ISD, and Refugio County WCID #2, all of which had no contested races.

The candidates and positions up for election are listed below:

Refugio

Mayor Rey Jaso (I), William H. Bill Rayburn, Richard Ramirez, Jennifer Ragle, write-in candidate

Alderman, place 1, Karen Watts (I)

Alderman, place 2, Ruben Garcia (I), Garrett Engelking

Woodsboro

Mayor George Hernandez (I), Joseph Hernandez, Carl Arnold (Larry Jochetz withdrew his name from the mayor’s race and filed to run again for alderman, place 1)

Alderman, place 1, Larry Jochetz (I), Erasmo Escamilla

Alderman, place 2, Debra Bolcik, (I), Elizabeth Gonzales

Alderman, place 5, Jimmy Blaschke (I-unexpired term), Cynthia Fernandez

Austwell

Commissioner Sandra Mahan (I), Donald Denton

Refugio ISD

Trustee, single member district 2, Rene Garcia

Trustee, single member district 4, Dr. Gary Wright, Addie Ochoa, write-in candidate (Incumbent Rita Trojcak withdrew her name from the race)

Only registered voters in single-member districts 2 and 4 are eligible to vote in the May 9 election.

Woodsboro ISD

Trustee, place 3, Calvin Wilson (I), Amanda Nixon, Mario Hernandez

Trustee, place 4, Henry Fierova (I), Keith Doug Chesnutt, Raymond Cisneros

Trustee, place 5, Jeff Gillespie (I), James Jochetz