The official drawing for order of candidate names in the opposed places on the May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot was conducted Thursday morning, Feb. 20.
Names for opposed places will appear on the ballot as follows:
Place 1
Vanessa Diosdado 
Justin M. Brown
Place 5
Ricardo Chavarria 
Gary Spraggins
The names of the four unopposed candidates will also be on the May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot.
They include:
Place 2
Place 3
Place 6
Place 7
Harold Nash 
Oscar Aguilar
Doug Moore 
John Sellers
Places 1-3 and Place 5 are for unexpired terms of council members who resigned in December. Places 6 and 7 are for full terms on the council
Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each weekday, Monday-Friday, April 20-28, in the Sulphur Springs Municipal Building located at 201 North Davis St.
As mandated by House Bill 2309 of the 79th Legislation, two weekdays must be open for 12 hours during the regular early voting period. Therefore, early voting by personal appearance will be conducted between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, and Thursday, April 23. Election Day voting will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 2.
Application for a ballot by mail shall be mailed to: Gale Roberts, 125 South Davis Street, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482, or email to groberts@sulphurspringstx. org. Mail applications must be received no later than April 17.
The Judge for the May 2 City Council Election will be Michael Wolfe. Alternates will be Sheila Funderburk, Nell Fumey, Barbara Grubbs and Tammy Calhoun.
The early voting clerk is Gale Roberts, with Lesa Smith, Jody Price and Ashley Floyd as alternates.
