Bexar County's elections administrator is proposing reducing the number of Nov. 8 polling spots, eliminating ones with low turnout in 2020.
The polling site at Glen Oaks Elementary on Election Day 2020 shows no line. Bexar County officials are looking to reduce the number of polling sites in the upcoming midterm elections.The Bexar County Elections Department is proposing cutting the number of voting centers from the 300 locations used in the November 2020 election to 258 for the 2022 midterms.
The election board consists of Callanen, McManus, Democratic Party Chair Monica Alcántara, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and Sheriff Javier Salazar. That change was supposed to allow a reduction in the number of voting locations, though Democrats have fought it, even getting a judge to help them“The law says that if you have a successful first election at 65%, then going forward the idea of vote centers is to have 50% of your sites open in the county going forward,” Callanen said. “We’re a far cry from that. We stayed at 258.”from people who question the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen, right, speaks with fellow members of the county election board, including Bexar County Republican Chair Jeff McManus, left.In addition to her department’s proposed 42 location reductions, Callanen asked McManus and Alcántara to each compile a list of additional potential voting locations where fewer than 120 votes were cast in the November 2020 election.
Callanen said some underperforming locations, like City Hall in the municipality of China Grove, could not be closed because there wasn’t another location nearby. Another low-turnout spot, the Judson ISD Educational Resource Center, could not be closed because the school district was proposing a bond.
Democrats are also struggling to staff election sites. Alcántara sent an email blast Monday seeking help to fill the positions and warning that without enough help polling sites could be closed.
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