Early voting by personal appearance runs Monday through Oct. 31 for the Nov. 4 General Election at the Elections Administrator's office, 412 S. Live Oak.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with 12-hour days (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) on Tuesday and Oct. 30.

Voters may vote straight party -- Democratic, Republican or Libertarian -- or for individual candidates.

Following are candidates for election in each race in order of their ballot listing.

President/vice president: John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican; Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democrat; and Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian.

U.S. senator: John Cornyn, Republican; Richard J. (Rick) Noriega, Democrat; and Yvonne Adams Schick, Libertarian.

U.S. representative, District 11: Mike Conaway, Republican; and John R. Strohm, Libertarian.

Railroad commissioner: Michael L. Williams, Republican; Mark Thompson, Democrat; and David Floyd, Libertarian.

Chief justice, Supreme Court: Wallace B. Jefferson, Republican; Jim Jordan, Democrat; and Tom Oxford, Libertarian.

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7: Dale Wainwright, Republican; Sam Houston, Democrat; and David G. Smith, Libertarian.

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8: Phil Johnson, Republican; Linda Reyna Yanez, Democrat; and Drew Shirley, Libertarian.

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3: Tom Price, Republican; Susan Strawn, Democrat; and Matthew E. Eilers, Libertarian.

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4: Paul Womack, Republican; J.R. Molina, Democrat; and Dave Howard, Libertarian.

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9: Cathy Cochran, Republican; and William Bryan Strange III, Libertarian.

Member, State Board of Education, District 14: Gail Lowe, Republican; Edra Bogle, Democrat; and John E. Shuey, Libertarian.

State senator, District 24: Troy Fraser, Republican; and Bill Oliver, Libertarian.

State representative, District 54: Jimmie Don Aycock, Republican; and Nicolaas J. Cramer, Libertarian.

Chief justice, 3rd Court of Criminal Appeals District: Ken Law, Republican; and Woodie Jones, Democrat.

District judge, 27th Judicial District: Joe Carroll, Republican.

County attorney: Larry W. Allison, Republican.

Sheriff: David Whitis, Republican.

Tax assessor-collector: Linda C. Crawford, Republican. County commissioner, Precinct 1: Robert L. Vincent, Republican.

County commissioner, Precinct 3: Lowell B. Ivey, Republican.

Constable, Precinct 1: Gordon G. Nelson, Republican.

Constable, Precincts 2 and 3: Camron Brister, Republican.

Constable, Precinct 4: Ronny Hamilton, Democrat.

On election day, polling places will be offered in 10 precincts as follows from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.:

Precinct 1: Clear Creek Baptist Church.

Precinct 2: Lampasas High School library.

Precinct 3: Lampasas County Courthouse.

Precinct 4: First United Methodist Church in Lampasas.

Precinct 5: Adamsville Community Center.

Precinct 6: Nix Community Center.

Precinct 7: Lometa City Hall.

Precinct 8: Kempner Fire Department Training Center.

Precinct 9: Lometa United Methodist Church.

Precinct 10: Kempner United Methodist Church.

For more information or to see the Web site for links to the Secretary of State office, visit www.co.lampasas.tx.us/ips.cms/ countyoffices/Elections.html.