SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County elections officials say they have corrected ballot errors reported at the start of early voting, including missing school district propositions and items assigned to the wrong district.
Some East Central Independent School District voters reported that Proposition A was missing from their ballots. The proposed tax increase would provide the district with $6.6 million for staff recruitment and retention and security upgrades.
Bexar County Elections Administrator Michele Carew said Tuesday that data received from the state had some district assignments transposed, resulting in incorrect ballot styles. She said the problems extended beyond school district items.
Carew said the county corrected the errors but had not determined how many voters were affected. She said the issue involved 150 district “splits,” which are geographic divisions, not a count of affected voters.
She urged voters to review their ballots and notify an election judge about missing races or propositions before casting them.
“Ultimately, every voter should review their ballot to ensure that it does have the races on there, and if not, notify the election judge,” Carew said.
Voters who have already submitted their ballots cannot receive another one, she said.
“But unfortunately, since they’ve already cast their ballot, we can’t issue a second one,” Carew said.
Keith Keilmann, who has two children in East Central ISD and supports Proposition A, said reports of the missing proposition prompted him to delay voting. He had not cast his ballot when interviewed Tuesday.
“I want to make sure it’s on the ballot,” Keilmann said.
More than 42,000 people voted in person Monday, setting a first-day county record for a nonpresidential election, according to county officials. By 3 p.m. Tuesday, cumulative in-person turnout had reached 72,302.
Voters can review their individual sample ballots and use a new polling location wait-time tool at elections.bexar.gov.