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Commissioners approve purchase of poll pads and accessibility tablets for every polling location after public testimony from deaf-rights advocates
Summary
Bexar County approved cooperative purchases to replace aging poll laptops with 750 full-featured electronic poll pads and an additional 350 handheld/curbside units to provide deaf-accessible services (via DeafLink) and improve curbside voting; the decisions followed extensive public comment from deaf community members.
Bexar County Commissioners Court on May 13 approved cooperative purchases to replace legacy poll laptops with modern electronic poll pads at every polling site and to add portable units for curbside and deaf-accessible voting.
The court first approved the purchase, via the Texas BuyBoard cooperative (contract 71023), of 750 poll-pad cellular “express vote” all‑in‑one hardware-and-software units, at a total cost of $998,500. That motion was made by Commissioner Clay Flores and seconded by Commissioner Calvert and passed by voice vote. The court then approved a separate purchase of 350 poll-pad cellular curbside/express all‑in‑one units for $355,500 to support curbside voting and DeafLink interpretation services; the motion was made by Commissioner Rodriguez and seconded by Commissioner Calvert and also carried (one…
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