New Braunfels and Comal County residents will consider new candidatesâ promising new voices this spring â with May 1 election outcomes possibly shaping future courses for city councils and school districts. Political action committees and donations from long-time city and county politicos are backing candidates facing challenges from citizens who packed city council and school board meetings the past several months, some threatening to sideline incumbents opposed to their views. It could all lead to a strong turnout at the polls when early voting begins on Monday. Elections Administrator Cynthia Jaqua projects more than 80,000 will cast ballots during early voting, which ends Tuesday, April 27, and on Election Day, May 1.