Civil rights group sues Bexar County over closing polling places

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A progressive nonprofit group is suing Bexar County over its decision to close more than 40 polling places ahead of the November election.

Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen attends a Bexar County Election Board meeting at the Paul Elizondo Tower on Monday.

The suit, filed in state district court in Bexar County, seeks a court order to increase the number of polling places to 388. Bexar County moved to a countywide polling place system in 2019, meaning voters can vote at any polling site no matter where they live, as opposed to voting in their assigned precinct.before. In 2020, a district court judge ruled in their favor, forcing the county to open 18 additional polling places three weeks before Election Day.

Texas law requires that the number of countywide polling places must be no less than “50 percent of the number of precinct polling places that would otherwise be located in the county for that election.” While she acknowledges there are 776 precincts in the county, she says the correct comparison would be to the amount of polling sites that were previously open.

 

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Soooooo sad, everyone has the right to vote, no matter how hard ya'll try God has the last say

Oh gosh! Not a good thing.

This is why democrats need to take over the state of Texas

Abbott wants to close as many as possible.

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The only way republicans can win is by CHEATING!!

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Good. If progressives are pissed, it must be a good thing!

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