Key Voting Dates The following are key dates for the 2022 Primary Election on March 1: Voter Registration Deadline Monday, January 31 Early In-Person  Voting Begins Monday, February 14 Last Day to Return Mail-In Ballot Application Friday, February 18 Early In-Person  Voting Ends Friday, February 25 Primary Election Day Tuesday,Continue Reading

V. Hhugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Marion County election duties will now be handled out of one office after Commissioners transferred the duties associated with the operations of elections to Marion County Tax Assessor-Collector Karen Jones. Until now, elections have been conducted by the Marion County Clerk Vickie Smith and voterContinue Reading

Staff Reports  This week the Jimplecute sat down with Aditya (A.D.) Atholi who’s running for the newly redefined U.S. Congressional District 1 seat.  A.D. calls himself the “Blue Collar Conservative.” According to his website, atholiforcongress.com, he’s worked on oil rigs as a roughneck and driller across Texas and New Mexico;Continue Reading

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, announced Monday he is running for attorney general, challenging fellow Republican Ken Paxton, in the already crowded primary. “Texas I am officially running to be your next Attorney General and will enforce the rule of law,” Gohmert tweeted after announcing his campaign on Newsmax. GohmertContinue Reading

Marion County residents approved the creation of the Marion County Assistance District and the addition of a 1.5% sales and use tax 324-247. Early voting results had the District being approved by 7%, a margin which increased as results came in, eventually finishing up at 13.48%. “This is about MarionContinue Reading

Below are sample copies of the Marion County ballots for the November 2, 2021, election. The ballots are for all precincts EXCEPT those located inside the city limits of the City of Jefferson.  City of Jefferson precinct ballots  NLY contain the State of Texas Constitutional Ammendments. The Special Election sectionContinue Reading

Community Center, FUMC Jefferson locations eliminated following public hearing V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Marion County Commissioners approved closing the Jefferson Community Center and the First United Methodist Church – Jefferson polling locations following a public hearing Wednesday morning. Less than 70 people voted at the Community Center inContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

What started as a meeting to convey hope and togetherness, quickly turned contentious as a crowd of area residents packed the meeting room for last nights Jefferson City Council meeting, mostly all focused on the City’s ability and priority of supplying water to the proposed Moon Lake Estates development onContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

By V. Hugh Lewis II, Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson Economic Development Corp (JEDCO) restarted their monthly meetings this week with a special meeting geared at getting new board members up to speed on JEDCO activities and hearing presentations on Railroad Quiet Zones and a new housing development on Moon LakeContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

A marathon two hour Jefferson City Council meeting Tuesday night ultimately ended with three new stop signs going up, new election equipment being purchased and tabling of several items. New stop signs will be being installed at Dallas and Market, Henderson and Walnut and Walnut and Orleans streets, to helpContinue Reading

The Marion County Democratic Party is having a voter registration drive from 12-2p.m. Saturday, August 15, at the Jefferson Community Center, 502 Haywood St. “Please come and get registered for the upcoming general election,” said Marion County Democratic Party Chair Ricky Harrignton. “Early voting starts October 13th. We will beContinue Reading

Marion County Clerk Vickie Smith issued the following reminders about voting. Our world has changed due to the COVID-19 virus. We are doing everything we can to assure voters and our election workers that they will be able to vote safely. There are three methods to cast a ballot inContinue Reading