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Voter advocate asks Bexar County election commission to probe school district’s separate‑election practices
Summary
A community member urged the commission to investigate Southwest Independent School District for holding separate elections that may force some residents to cast two ballots on the same day; commissioners acknowledged the concern and said the issue implicates state law and redistricting, leaving the matter unresolved at the meeting.
A member of the community asked the Bexar County Election Commission to examine whether Southwest Independent School District’s election practices create unnecessary obstacles for voters.
Pete Bernal, a member of the GI Forum of Bexar County, asked the commission to look into what he described as a pattern in which Southwest ISD requires some voters to cast two separate ballots at different locations on the same day. "Southwest Independent School District is the only Bexar County that forces their voters to cast 2 separate ballots... This is not confusion. This is not accident. This is a pattern, and it suppresses voter turnout in a high poverty…
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