Commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve a list of 259 Election Day polling locations for the Nov. 8 election.
“We really cannot go lower than 302. OK, so let’s get that straight. Otherwise, we’re going back to court, and we’re going to waste taxpayer money,” Calvert said.
“It’s surprising that they’re trying to come back -- the elections department -- and reduce the number of locations when there was literally just a lawsuit over this last election cycle,” Gonzalez said. The elections department has been “methodically” closing Election Day polling locations for the sake of efficiency, the elections administrator told reporters.“We’ve had sites -- when we have these elections in the last two years -- we’d open a site and there were 25 people that voted all day. Can you imagine less than two people an hour? That’s not efficient,” Callanen said.
There had also been suggestions of using the Bexar County Jail as a polling location, but as of Tuesday that appeared unlikely.
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