Wednesday, May 1, 2024

UTSA Main Campus to serve as early voting site for May 4 election

UTSA Main Campus to serve as early voting site for May 4 election

APRIL 22, 2024 — Today is the final day for early voting on the UTSA Main Campus for the Saturday, May 4, joint, general, special and special bond election.

Voters will have the opportunity to nominate various Directors for Bexar Appraisal and the Alamo Community College districts. Other races include neighboring municipalities for mayoral, city council and school district elections in San Antonio and surrounding cities in Bexar County. (San Antonio mayoral and city council races will be on the ballot in May 2025.

Registered Bexar County voters have until 8 p.m. tonight to cast their ballot in the H-E-B Student Union Bexar Room (HSU 1.102) on the UTSA Main Campus. Free voter parking is available in the northern section of the Ximenes Lot, just south of the H-E-B Student Union.

On Saturday, May 4, the Bexar Room will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for voting.

Registered voters closer to the Downtown Campus are encouraged to vote at the Bexar County Elections Department located at 1103 S. Frio St. in San Antonio.

All voters must present an approved form of photo identification.

Voters may visit the Bexar County Elections Department to check their voter registration status, access to sample ballots based on their residency and learn of additional early voting sites. A generic sample ballot for the May 4 election can be found here.

Voters may also visit Vote411.org to download a customized ballot. Voters are prohibited from using electronic devices within 100 feet of polling locations but are permitted to take printed voter guides with them to the voting booth.

Those needing assistance with curbside voting can call 210-335-VOTE (8683) or use the website to find information on additional accessibility options. All polling locations in Bexar County will have the ExpressVote touchscreen voting unit for curbside voting use.

Voters with visual impairments can cast their ballots via the OmniBallot accessible absentee portal.


EXPLORE FURTHER
⇒ View the generic sample ballot for the election.
Visit RowdyVOTES for additional information or contact the UTSA Center for Civic and Community-Engaged Leadership.
Join the RowdyVOTES Community of Practice to receive announcements on voter engagement activities.
Pledge to vote in 2024 by visiting ALL IN to Vote. 

Looking for more information about the upcoming election? The Texas Secretary of State website is a comprehensive resource for voters.

The Center for Civic and Community-Engaged Leadership empowers students, faculty and staff to engage in reciprocal, community-based experiential learning and scholarship opportunities. The center invites the university community to share its voting photos online. Follow @UTSA and @UTSAEngaged on Instagram, Twitter/X and Facebook. Use the hashtag #RowdyVOTES to post “I voted” selfies at least 100 feet from the polls.

Noelani Cubillos-Sanchez



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