On Thursday, the Bastrop County Elections Department hosted an open house, giving voters a chance to test out the electronic voting machines that will be used throughout early voting this October. During early voting, only ExpressVote ballot-marking devices will be used at each location, taking the place of traditional paper ballots. This is because there are so many different ballots in Bastrop County during this election, which includes city and school board races this year, and each voter can cast their vote at any of the four early voting locations, regardless of what precinct they belong to or which ballot they ...