Early voting totals for the Nov. 4 General Election continue to grow, as 3,369 Lampasas County citizens had cast ballots by personal appearance through 8 a.m. Thursday. In addition, about 750 mail-in and federal postcard application ballots -- for military personnel and other voters overseas during the election -- had been received through Thursday at 8 a.m.

Early voting by personal appearance continues until 5 p.m. today at the elections administrator's office, 412 S. Live Oak on Courtyard Square.

Typically about half the voters cast their ballots early, Ms. Person said. If that trend continues, as many as 8,000 citizens -- about 62 percent of Lampasas County's approximately 13,000 registered voters -- might participate in the election.

Voters may vote straight party -- Democratic, Republican or Libertarian -- or for individual candidates. Ms. Person encourages voters to bring their voter registration cards with them, as the sign-in process moves much faster if citizens show their cards to election workers.

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, Demo- crat; 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.

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

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

Constable, Precinct 4: Ronny Hamilton, Democrat.

County commissioner, Precinct 1: Robert L. Vincent, Republican.

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

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.