Dallas, Hiram Voters Head to the Polls

Today’s your last chance to weigh in on municipal elections in Dallas and Hiram.

Who, or what, will you be voting for today? We’ve got your list of choices below.

Dallas

Mayor: Boyd Austin Jr. (Incumbent), Marvin Tingler

Councilmember, Ward 2: Mike Cason (I)

Councilmember, Ward 4: Jim Henson, Brian Ragsdale

Councilmember at Large: James Kelly (I)

Hiram

Mayor: Jack Paris (I)

Councilmember, Post 1: Stephen S. Bray, Prather “Pep” Rollins

Councilmember, Post 2: Kathy Bookout, Helena Williams (I)

Hiram voters also will weigh in on —specifically, Sunday package sales. While Hiram restaurants may currently be approved to sell alcohol by the drink on Sundays, grocery and convenience stores are not yet allowed to sell on that day of the week—an affirming vote by the public would open the door for such sales.

Dallas voters will cast their ballots at , while Hiram residents will head to the (behind city hall) to vote.

Polls at both locations will open at 7 a.m. and are set to close at 7 p.m., though if any voters remain in line at 7 p.m., they will be allowed to cast their votes.

Starting at 7 p.m., we’ll be live-blogging the results of both cities’ races, and we’ll tell you the results as soon as we get them. We’ll also bring you as many candidate reactions to the results as we can throughout the night.

While we’ll have live coverage here on the site, we’ll be putting the links to all of our coverage on our Facebook page, and sharing those links on Twitter (follow us @DallasPatch) as well. If you have an iPhone, , one that brings you not just tonight’s news but all the news, event listings, the community directory and everything else Dallas-Hiram Patch (or the Patch of your choice) has to offer.

And if you’ve yet to check out all the pre-election coverage we did, you can visit our 2011 Voter Guide to see all the stories we’ve had on elections and the candidates.

This is your Patch, and these are your cities and your elections. So we want to see you weigh in on today’s elections throughout the day, tomorrow and beyond.

How do you do that? For starters, we’ve got polls set up that cover the cities’ five competitive races—, and then feel free to add your comments as to why you voted the way you did. You can also send us a tweet (again, we’re @DallasPatch), and we’ll retweet the good ones you send our way throughout the day. You can also comment on our Facebook page. Lastly, if you have anything further you need to share, you can shoot an email to jon.gargis@patch.com.

Thanks for turning to us for your election coverage. Let us know how we can better serve you today and beyond.