Last day of early voting saw surge

The final day of early voting saw a surge in Kendall County for ballots cast prior to the May 2 election.

Only two races appeared on the ballot — the Boerne Independent School District Place 7 board seat between incumbent Rich Sena and challenger Michael Ethridge; and the Fair Oaks Ranch City Council Place 6 spot, with incumbent Jonathan Swarek facing challenger Matt Reigelsperger.

For final vote tallies, visit the Star’s online sites, including facebook.com/ BoerneStarNews.

Polls open 7 a.m. and close 7 p.m. Saturday.

Early voting ran April 20 through April 28.

The last day of early voting saw 639 voters – 21% of all early ballots cast — make their choices.

Voters could cast their ballots at any of three locations: the Kendall County Courthouse Annex, the Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department or the Comfort Independent School District’s temporary branch location.

The largest turnout came in the final two days of voting, with the 639 figure on April 28 and 509 voters on April 27.

That two-day tally represented 40% of all votes cast through April 28.

The Kendall County site saw 1,659 voters cast ballots there, the final day drawing 328 votes.

The Kendall County tally, by day, was: April 20: 184 April 22: 316 April 23: 245 April 24: 262 April 25: 65 April 27: 259 April 28: 328 Nearly 37% of early votes cast were at the Fair Oaks Ranch location: April 20: 85 April 22: 176 April 23: 167 April 24: 142 April 25: 82 April 27: 193 April 28: 230 The temporary Comfort location allowed voting on three days: April 25: 64. April 27: 57. April 28: 81.