The county must operate 388 voting centers to comply with state law, Visiting Judge Martha Tanner ruled. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas VotingRights BexarCounty Midterms2022 TXCivilRights
on behalf of progressive voter-mobilization group the Texas Organizing Project. TCRP won a similar suit in 2020, forcing the county to reopen voting locations it planned to shutter ahead of the last presidential election.
Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen has argued that Bexar County could get by with fewer polling places because new rules allow voters to cast ballots outside of their precincts. She also argued that the reduction would help her office deal with staffing shortages.However, Tanner ruled that even the upward revision would put the county in violation of the Texas Election Code.
"Plaintiff TOP’s members additionally help individuals who lack transportation get to the polls in order to vote," the judge wrote."These efforts are made more difficult when polling places are closed or are made more distant from the voters."
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