Set $1.30 School Tax Rate
In the Nov. 7
General Election, there was no hint locally of the close national presidential
vote, as Texas Governor George W. Bush captured 528 (92 percent) of the
county’s 571 votes. The percentage for Bush was the highest in the nation,
bringing both state and national media attention to Glasscock County.
Al Gore
received 39 votes, Ralph Nader 3, and Pat Buchanan 1 vote in the county.
Seventy-three percent of the county’s 783 registered voters cast ballots in
the election.
Incumbent
County Commissioner Hugh Schafer won re-election in Precinct Three over write-in
challenger Gary Jones by a margin of 77 to 69.
By a vote of
311 for and 177 against, county voters approved a school tax rate of $1.30 per
$100. Had the election failed, the
rate would have been $1.19
The school
tax rate vote by precinct: Precinct One 61 for, 31 against; Precinct Two 49 for,
28 against; Precinct Three 26 for, 50 against; Precinct Four 46 for, 5 against;
Early Voting 129 for, 63 against; there were two unmarked ballots.