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Manning the Tent

On seven occasions recently we manned a political party tent at the Wimberley voting location. It's the tent set up to provide information to voters who may need help in the voting process.  People like us took two hour shifts throughout the day.   We refer to ourselves as tent sitters.  The information we provide is a variety of documents ranging from sample ballots to information on county through state candidates.  Since this was a primary election, we could not express a preference for any candidate.  During the general election in November, we will be able to provide a spiel on why one should vote for our candidate, but not in the primary election. In Texas, a voter can choose any party to vote in the primary election, but come the runoffs, should there be any, the voter must then stay with the party chosen in the initial primary voting.  Then with the general election, everyone gets the same ballot no matter which party you chose in the primary.  The latter rule is common in