For the Uniform Election held Tuesday, Nov. 7, including the Constitutional Amendment and local jurisdictions elections for Hays County, the Hays County Election Office has posted the following unofficial results. In the city of San Marcos, voters re-elected Alyssa Garza to serve another term on the City Council representing Place 3. Garza was running unopposed and received 2,980 votes. In the race for City Council Place 4, incumbent Shane Scott was re-elected with 2,335 votes, 67.52% of the vote. Atom Von Arndt received 1123 votes for City Council Place 4, representing 32.48% of the voter turnout. In that race, the total votes were 3,458 with 755 undervotes reported. An undervote refers to a voter’s choosing not to vote for a candidate when only one candidate is listed on the ballot.
An overvote is said to occur when someone is able to vote for more than one candidate.
