The Texas Civil Rights Project warns Bexar County could face another lawsuit if it reduces Election Day voting locations for the midterms.
The Texas Civil Rights Project is urging Bexar County to increase the number of Election Day polling places.The Texas Civil Rights Project, which sued successfully to keep Bexar County from closing some voting locations in 2020, warned it could challenge the county again if elections officials follow through with a plan that would reduce the number of Election Day polling places.
Tuesday’s meeting was packed with activists and neighborhood leaders who signed up to speak in favor of maintaining voting locations in their neighborhoods and on their college campuses.last week, Gonzalez warned that the county should work with the community to resolve complaints about voting access or risk opening itself up to another lawsuit on similar grounds as the last one.
Headed into this fall’s midterms, Callanen said the county’s use of voting centers, which allow voters to cast their ballot at any location, was supposed to allow a reduction in the number of locations. She once again proposed a reduction in the number of locations, using the previous election’s locations as a starting point.
Students from several universities made their case for keeping locations on campus so that people can avoid driving somewhere to vote. Roland Toscano, superintendent of East Central Independent School District, asked commissioners to keep voting locations in his area because the school district isIn addition to Callanen’s proposed 46 early voting locations, commissioners added to the list polling spots at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Our Lady of the Lake University, St.
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