Election officials named

Election judges and alternate election judges for the year running August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2007 were approved by the Gregg County Commissioners County.

Kathryn Nealy, elections administrator for the county said the names for the judges were submitted by both parties. In voting precincts 1 through 16, Republicans submitted the names of potential judges an Democrats the names of potential alternate judged.

That was reversed in voting precincts 17 through 22 where election judged were submitted from the Democratic Party and the alternate judges by the Republican.

Nealy said these are paid positions and the judges and alternates are considered employees of the county since the commissioners must approve their appointments. Commissioners approved the follow election judges and alternates:

 Precinct 1 Christi W. Roberts, presiding judge; Jerry Marlar, alternate;

 Precinct 2 Glyn Crane, presiding judge; Donna Rosenbloom, alternate;

 Precinct 3 Ruth Gray, presiding judge; Mollie Barber, alternate;

 Precinct 4 Landon E. Ogilvie, presiding judge; Franklin L. Supercinski, alternate;

 Precinct 5 John Ray, presiding judge; Leila Terry, alternate;

 Precinct 6 C. Kyle Smith, presiding judge; Marilyn E. Dillon, alternate;

 Precinct 7 Gail Lester, presiding judge; Steve Crane, alternate;

 Precinct 8 Eileen S. Harpster, presiding judge; Jerry Van Eimeren, alternate;

 Precinct 8A Clif McWherter, presiding judge; Patrick L. Eubanks, alternate;

 Precinct 9 Holly Noon, presiding judge; Jerry Don Boydstun, alternate;

 Precinct 10 Jay Mitchell, presiding judge; James L. Cogar, alternate;

 Precinct 11 David Hailey, presiding judge; Robert S. Nisbett, alternate;

 Precinct 12 Clarence Ray, presiding judge; Randall E. Beeman, alternate;

 Precinct 13 VACANT, presiding judge; Lois Oller Nasados, alternate;

 Precinct 14 Sandra Odom, presiding judge; Alta B. Ray, alternate;

 Precinct 15 Bryan Johnston, presiding judge; Alan W. Ethridge, alternate;

 Precinct 16 VACANT, presiding judge; Vikas Verma, alternate;

 Precinct 17 Ruthie M. Ford, presiding judge; Sandra Ruth Harris, alternate;

 Precinct 18 Barbara R. Scott, presiding judge; Jo Ann Walker Freeman, alternate;

 Precinct 19 Earnest M. Peoples, presiding judge; Patricia A. Kiser, alternate;

 Precinct 20 Charles A. Taylor, presiding judge; Sarah Elizabeth Gray, alternate;

 Precinct 21 Bryce M. Bagley, presiding judge; VACANT, alternate; and,

 Precinct 22 Glinder F. Jones, presiding judge; Bill Daniel, alternate.

Drue Evans was approved as the presiding judge at the central counting station and Karle Tolbert the alternate judge there.