Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to Hold Election Vote Recount on Monday, November 9, 2020
Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
The Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 members recently elected three Board of Directors in the Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Election among five candidates vying for the three positions.
According to the Maverick County Elections Office, the three candidates with the highest votes obtained in the November 3rd election were Randy Edwards with 93 votes, incumbent Board member Juan Perez, Jr. with 78 votes, and Gabriel De La Cerda with 69 votes.
The top three candidates-Edwards, Perez, and De La Cerda- with the most votes were elected to the MCWCID No. 1 Board of Directors.
Missing the top three vote cut were incumbent Board member Juan Manuel Garcia, Jr. with 68 votes and Rodolfo Garza, Jr. with 63 votes.
According to a letter dated November 6, 2020, MCWCID No. 1 Interim General Manager Brenda Gonzalez stated that a “Petition Requesting a Recount” has been submitted by Mr. Juan Manuel Garcia, Jr., dated November 6, 2020.” Garcia lost his MCWCID No. 1 Board position as voted upon by District members by a mere one vote as Gabriel De La Cerda received 69 votes compared to Garcia’s 68 votes.
MCWCID No. 1 Interim General Manager Brenda Gonzalez added that “Laura Cardenas from the Elections Office informed me that a recount has been rescheduled for Monday, November 6, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in the 293rd Judicial District Courtroom, located at 500 Quarry Street” in Eagle Pass, Texas.
MCWCID No. 1 Interim General Manager Brenda Gonzalez further stated that Board “President Beyer Junfin will be the Recount Coordinator and Mr. [Roy] Schmerber will be the Recount Supervisor.”
Gonzalez concluded the letter by stating that “all candidates have been notified.”
