Today is the day

MySA.com: Politics
Voters in Districts 5 and 8 go to the polls today to fill the last two slots on the San Antonio City Council.
More information
* Where to vote
Go vote!!! The express voting locations isn’t terribly easy to decipher. Click here and put in your address and it will tell you where your polling location is.
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Early Voting ends tomorrow

Early Voting ends tomorrow in San Antonio.  We have all the voting locations and hours listed here. I know voting is only for a city council seat but the politics that affect you the most are local.

Early voting starts today for District 5 and 8

Early voting starts today and runs through Friday, June 8, 2007 for the district 5 and district 8 run offs. The locations are open 10am to 6pm today, 12pm to 6pm tomorrow and 8am to 6pm through Wednesday. Thursday and Friday their hours will be 8am to 8pm.
Voting locations include
Bexar County Justice Center 300 Dolorosa
Cody […]

San Antonio Election Roundup

Online Election Results for Bexar County

Well, a whopping 10.16% of us voted. That means my vote counted for 10 people.
Proposition 1 (constitutional amendment about school taxes and the elderly and disabled) passed 87% to 12% in Bexar County.
The vote for Emergency Services Districts 4 and 8 both passed with over 70% in favor
Hardberger […]

Today is the day

San Antonio Current - Sabado (somewhat) gigante
Election-day hours, Saturday, May 12: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.Declaration of results: Tuesday, May 22, 10 a.m.
To check whether you’re registered: 335-VOTE (Option #4, then #3)
To see a sample ballot (candidates, propositions, and bonds) and where to vote: Click Here
You have to click over to read the currents EZ […]

Go Vote

MySA.com: Politics
Early voting ended Tuesday with a late surge, but it wasn’t enough to spike expectations of another dreary local election turnout.A total of 46,068 people cast ballots in Bexar County’s nine days of early voting.
As a rule of thumb, about half the voters in local elections show up for early balloting, and the other […]

Early Voting Ends today

MySA.com: Politics
Early voting in Bexar County ends today at 8 p.m.
The polls have been open since April 30 for mayoral and City Council races in San Antonio and a handful of bedroom communities, the city’s $550 million bond package, school board races and several school bond issues.
Election day is Saturday.
Early Voting locations can be found […]

Voter apathy

MySA.com: Voter’s faith needs a renewal
A couple of Sundays ago, a woman at Greater Corinth Baptist Church’s candidates forum had the audacity to declare, “I don’t vote!”
Pointing to the District 2 City Council contenders, she explained, “I don’t vote because I don’t believe you!”
While it is tempting to lecture her about blacks dying for […]

San Antonio City Council District 4

MySA.com: Politics
Two candidates — one a political newcomer, the other a City Hall insider — are running disparate campaigns in their race for City Council District 4.The winner of the May 12 election will be the youngest member of the council, representing one of the city’s poorest council districts.
Political neophyte Manuel Navarro Jr., 30, […]

San Antonio City Council District 7

MySA.com: Politics
City Councilwoman Elena Guajardo and challenger Justin Rodriguez are waging door-to-door combat across District 7 in one of this year’s most competitive city races.Unlike other candidates looking to unseat council incumbents May 12, Rodriguez isn’t running a cash-poor campaign and, as a board member of the San Antonio Independent School District, he’s already got […]