Concerned Citizens

Tomorrow is the election day for the Texas primaries with polling places open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. across San Antonio. If you haven’t already voted during Early Voting it is important you take the time to vote at your polling place in your respective primary. If you’re not sure of your polling place you can look it up at the Bexar County Elections website. The San Antonio Express-News usually prints a list of polling places to help out also. However, you’ll need to know your precinct but you can find that out also using the same website. Remember, you don’t need your voter registration card to vote in Texas. You can show up with your TX drivers license to vote. But it’s important you exercise your right to vote so you have a voice in Texas. Read more…

Several have commented on the low turnout experienced in the recent San Antonio municipal election. For those who may not have heard it was the lowest turnout for a non-incumbent election in over a decade at 11%. Greg Jefferson wrote in the Express-News that early turnout for the 2009 election was low and signaled an overall election turnout to be not much better. In a commentary Wednesday in the Express-News Jaime Castillo suggested some alternatives to helping increase turnout or reduce the voter roll only to active voters. I had written a piece last month trying to understand why San Antonians don’t turn out for local elections. The bottom line is that the less local, the bigger turnout. The more local, the smaller turnout. Read more…