TEXARKANA -- The number of Bowie County, Texas, voters who cast early or absentee ballots is on par with the rest of the state, Elections Administrator Pat McCoy said.
As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, 4,947 Bowie County voters had voted early, and the elections office had received 426 absentee ballots. Those 5,373 voters are about 8% to 8.5% of the county's registered voters, a rate close to the Texas average, McCoy said.
Early and absentee voting have gone smoothly in Bowie County, aside from some minor "hiccups," he said. "Nothing major. Nothing that that affected the integrity of the election or anything like that."
In Miller County, 988 early ballots were cast by Friday morning, elections coordinator Linda Crawford said.
The county has mailed 23 absentee ballots but has yet to count how many have been received.
"The elections board will not start working on absentee ballots until Election Day," Deputy County Clerk Loretta Russell said.
Miller County has about 29,000 voters on record.
Crawford said no poll or voting problems have been reported.
"It's such a small election," she said of the primary vote. "That could be different in the fall."
Bowie and Miller counties will use countywide voting on Election Day, March 5. Voters can cast a ballot at any polling location.
Bowie County will have 25 Vote Centers open between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Thirteen Vote Centers will be open in Miller County. Polls will be open between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
BOWIE COUNTY
Oak Street Baptist Church, 401 Waterall St., Texarkana
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 2921 Norris Cooley Drive, Texarkana
Liberty-Eylau Baptist Church, 5605 S. Lake Drive, Texarkana
Liberty-Eylau School of Success, 766 Macedonia Road, Texarkana
Wake Village First Baptist Church, 820 Wake Ave., Wake Village
Collins Senior Center, 3000 Texas Blvd., Texarkana,
Texarkana College, 2500 N. Robison Road, Texarkana
New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1901 Charlestine St., Texarkana
Texas High School's Sullivan Performing Arts Center, 3941 Summerhill Road, Texarkana
Nash First Baptist Church, 500 E. New Boston Road, Nash
First Baptist Church, 3015 Moores Lane, Texarkana
Richmond Road Baptist Church, 5805 Richmond Road, Texarkana
Hardy Memorial Methodist Church, 6203 N. Kings Highway, Texarkana
Hooks High School, 401 E. Avenue A, Hooks
Simms Baptist Church, 105 County Road 4216, Simms
Old Salem Baptist Church, 6199 Farm to Market Road 1840, New Boston
DeKalb High School, 101 SW Maple St., DeKalb
New Boston City Hall, 301 NE Front St., New Boston
Leary City Hall, 9504 W. New Boston Road, Leary
First Baptist Church-Red Springs, 1101 Farm to Market Road 991, Texarkana
Redwater First Baptist Church, 105 Redwater Blvd. E, Redwater
Maud Church of Christ, 414 Houston Drive, Maud
Malta Baptist Church, 23 Private Road 27891 DeKalb
Southwest Center, 3222 W. Seventh St., Texarkana
Cross Pointe Baptist Church, 3130 University Ave., Texarkana
MILLER COUNTY
Highland Park Church of Christ, 1705 Highland, Texarkana
Doddridge Community Center, 189 Miller County Road 201, Doddridge
Stanley Davis Community Center, 203 E. Redcut Road, Fouke
Garland City Hall, 104 Fifth St., Garland
Legacy Baptist Church, 70 Miller County Road 289, Texarkana
Greenwich Village Church of Christ, 5204 S. Rondo Road, Texarkana
Hickory Street Baptist Church, 2923 Hickory St., Texarkana
Central Baptist Church, 2117 East 35th St., Texarkana
Pillars and Plants, 1101 Couch St., Texarkana
Rondo Methodist Church, 2335 N. Rondo Road, Texarkana,
Bridging the Gaps of Arkansas, 209 E. 14th St., Texarkana
Sugar Hill Church, 1621 Sugar Hill Road, Texarkana
Cornerstone Baptist Church, 3900 Union Road, Texarkana
(Stevon Gamble contributed information to this report.