The Lampasas County Commissioners Court last week addressed a brief agenda consisting of several election mattters.

In two 4-0 votes, the court approved a pay raise to $8 per hour for workers in the Nov. 3 state constitutional amendment election and OK'd polling places.

On election day, Precinct 1 voters will cast ballots at Clear Creek Baptist Church on Farm-to-Market Road 2657 in Copperas Cove. Voting for Precincts 2, 3 and 4 will take place at First United Methodist Church in Lampasas.

Precinct 5 polling place will be at the Adamsville Community Center, and Precinct 6 voting will be conducted at the Nix Community Center.

Precincts 7 and 9 both will use Lometa City Hall for voting, and Precinct 10 will be consolidated with Precinct 8 to meet at the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department Training Center.

Early voting runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19-30, with polls to open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 23. Early balloting will be handled in the elections administrator office at 412 S. Live Oak in Lampasas.

In a related matter, the Commissioners Court approved the appointment of the following election judges and alternates:

• Precinct 1: Ray Upp, judge, and Carol Nunez, alternate.

• Precinct 2: Marcia Wallace, judge, and Jane Tooker, alternate.

• Precinct 3: Bruce Crawford, judge, and Victoria Melder, alternate.

• Precinct 4: Diana McDonald, judge, and Glenda "Dale" Funk, alternate.

• Precinct 5: Betty Fontaine, judge, and Amelia Fields, alternate.

• Precinct 6: Cynthia Zane Harry, judge, and Barbara Burkes, alternate.

• Precinct 7: Sandi Lockett, judge, and Jacklyn Duncan, alternate.

• Precinct 8: T.P. Wingo, judge, and Susan Burns, alternate.

• Precinct 9: Vicki McLean, judge, and Warren Spivey Sr., alternate.

• Precinct 10: Elke White, judge, and Nadine Powell, alternate.

Early voting ballot board judge is Debra Farish, with Leah Snell as alternate. Skipper Wallace is judge of the central counting station, and Becky Hudson is alternate.

Commissioners also voted 4-0 to accept an offer from Central Counties Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services to donate a $25,000 sheriff vehicle to the county. The Lampasas County Sheriff's Department will use the vehicle to transport inmates who need mental health treatment to state hospitals in Austin, Big Spring and San Antonio.

Precinct 2 Commissioner Alex Wittenburg did not attend Monday's meeting.