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The second week of Early Voting for the 2014 General Election on Nov. 4 remained steady according to data from the Orange County Elections Administration office.

Overall, there are 6,564 votes cast in the county.

As of Monday, Oct. 27, there was a total of 763 voters who cast their ballots. Orange had 225 votes for the day, Bridge City had 191, Vidor had 187, Mauriceville had 82 and there were 78 votes through the mail. There were also four ballots cast from out of country.

Prior totals are as follows:

Monday, Oct. 20: 1,690 votes

Tuesday, Oct. 21: 1,028 votes

Wednesday, Oct. 22: 869 votes

Thursday, Oct. 23: 849 votes

Friday, Oct. 24: 839 votes

Saturday, Oct. 25: 378

Sunday, Oct. 26: 148

Early voting locations are:

West Orange-Cove CISD old administration building, 505 N. 15th St. in Orange on Monday, Oct. 20 through Friday, Oct. 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 25, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 26 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 27 through Friday, Oct. 31, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Mauriceville, 11540 Highway 12, Monday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 27 through Friday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bridge City Public Works Building, 220 Nitsche, Monday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 27 through Friday, Oct. 31, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Raymond Gould Community Center, 385 Claiborne in Vidor, Monday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday, Oct. 27 through Friday, Oct. 31, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Some of the recognizable names at the top of the ballot among various other statewide races are Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis for governor.

The lieutenant governor's race has Republican Dan Patrick against Democrat Letica Van de Putte; Republican incumbent John Cornyn against Democratic challenger David Alameel.

There is also a constitutional amendment providing for the use and dedication of certain money transferred to the state highway and to assist in the completion of transportation construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation projects, not to include toll roads.

Locally, races that are challenged are Republican Brian Babin, a Woodville dentist against Democrat Michael Cole, an educator with the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD for U.S. Congress, District 36. Republican Dade Phelan, a broker from Beaumont against Democrat Gavin Bruney, a Nederland anesthesiologist, for State Representative, District 21; Republican incumbent David Bradley, a real estate and insurance agent from Buna against Democrat Kathy King, an occupational therapy assistant from Port Neches, State Board of Education, District 7. Republican incumbent David Peck is facing Democratic challenger, attorney Gail Shaw Barnett for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1.

Precinct 2 has a wet/dry election on the ballot. The wording reads as the legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only.

Democratic incumbent Janice Menard is facing Republican attorney Joy Dubose-Simonton for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3.

Bridge City ISD has a proposition on the ballot for the issuance of not to exceed $25,000,000 in school building funds for the purposes of the construction, acquisition and equipment of school buildings in the district (including the rehabilitation, renovation, expansion and improvement thereof), the purchase of necessary sites for school buildings and the purchase of new school buses, with priority given to the construction of a student academic and performance complex, renovations to the district baseball/softball complex, and additional parking and facilities improvements, and the levying of a tax in payment thereof.

Likewise, the proposition for the Orange County Emergency Services District No. 1 is the adoption of a local sales and use tax in the unincorporated areas of OCESD No. 1 at the rate of 1.50 percent.