by Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian
10-20-25
Early voting has started today for the November 4th, 2025 elections. Among the items on the ballot include the creation of an Emergency Services District 3.
The Uvalde Hesperian spoke with Uvalde County Elections Administrator Christine White last week confirming that there will be poll watchers for this election.
Diana Olvedo-Karau actively lobbied against the creation of an Emergency Service District (ESD) in the 2024 election, which was defeated by the voters. In this 2nd attempt to create an ESD Olvedo-Karau had decided to not publicly lobby against the measure. But when Fire Chief Kenneth White with the Reagan Wells Volunteer Fire Department reached out to her, asking for help to defeat the proposition she realized that there were tax paying citizens across the county that do not want the proposition to pass, so she agreed to help.
One of the ways in which Olvedo-Karau hopes to help with this effort is by creating the Defeat ESD3, a Specific Purpose Political Committee that will allow for the appointment of poll watchers for the election. It is the only way in which poll watchers will be allowed to participate in the election process. Olvedo-Karau hopes to have poll watchers at the polling sites, meetings of the Early Voting Ballot Board when Ballots by Mail are qualified and accepted; and at the Central Counting Station (CCS), the place on election night where ballots are counted, vote totals are accumulated, precinct returns are completed and the unofficial elections results are generated.
Rhonda Vigil is one of the citizens who will be poll watching.
“It’s very important that We the people be involved in every single election. There’s always something for everyone to do, even if you’re bound to a wheelchair or at home..
If your interested in becoming a poll watcher here’s the link to the training. It only takes about 30 minutes.
1. register
2. complete the course
3. print out your certificate, ” Vigil said.
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