{"id":181862,"date":"2026-02-26T21:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181862\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:36:13","slug":"bexar-county-greenlights-plan-your-vote-sa-website-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181862\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County greenlights Plan Your Vote SA website funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn Feb. 17<\/a>, the Bexar County Commissioners Court voted to fund ongoing updates and management of PlanYourVoteSA.org in the amount of $32,500.<\/p>\n

The gist<\/p>\n

PlanYourVoteSA.org<\/a> is an election website operated by Kalos Strategies and offers Bexar County residents a variety of information on voting, including:<\/p>\n

A voter checklistInformation on primary electionsHow to vote by mailInformation on early votingElection polling sitesMilitary and overseas voting informationHow to become an election workerHow to register to voteBexar County voter turnout informationRecall and recount informationPrior to the vote, Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody expressed reservations about funding a separate voter information website. He said that though the site is well put together and offers resources, all of the information and resources are already available on the Bexar County Elections Department website.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I don’t understand is kind of the necessity of having it in a separate place, because then we actually distract voters, in my opinion, by having multiple locations for all this information,\u201d Moody said.<\/p>\n

Moody suggested that instead of funding another website, the county should update and modify its own website to better provide those resources.<\/p>\n

Precinct 2 Commissioner Justin Rodriguez said the original intent behind funding the Plan Your Vote SA site was due to the lack of quality of the county\u2019s website. He also noted that the county\u2019s election department has been preoccupied with running elections and that any updates would need to be done before the next election cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the intent is to make it more robust and integrated eventually with the Bexar County elections site,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n

Precinct 1 Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores was supportive of continuing to fund the website and said it helps combat attempts to limit or restrict voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the attempt to suffocate and limit voters, voter registration, getting voters to the polls [and] trying to make IDs more stringent, I think [doing] as much as we can do within the laws to get the information out there and to encourage voters [is critical],\u201d Clay-Flores said.<\/p>\n

County Judge Peter Sakai also expressed strong support for continuing to fund the Plan Your Vote SA website.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to also note my support … as this not only is a voter registration, but it’s the right to vote, and that’s why I’ve supported you and your efforts to get that turnout. Let’s give people a right to vote that is a constitutional right, and I’m committed to protect, defend and preserve the constitution of this country,\u201d Sakai said.<\/p>\n

The vote passed 4-1, with Moody voting against.<\/p>\n

The background<\/p>\n

According to county documents, Rodriguez, in collaboration with MOVE Texas, started PlanYourVoteSA.org in October, 2020. The website<\/a> is a nonpartisan voting resource designed to help Bexar County voters plan and prepare for elections.<\/p>\n

Originally created to address concerns over voting impediments during the COVID-19 pandemic\u2014such as long lines, staffing shortages and polling place closures\u2014the site recorded over 61,437 visitors in 2025, a 91% year-over-year growth from 2024, which saw roughly 32,692 total visitors.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Feb. 17, the Bexar County Commissioners Court voted to fund ongoing updates and management of PlanYourVoteSA.org in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[72850,72851,72853,72848,72855,72856,72852,72849,72847,82,84,83,72854,72857],"class_list":["post-181862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-72850","tag-500-funding-planyourvotesa-bexar-county","tag-bexar-county-elections-2026","tag-bexar-county-voter-information-website","tag-bexar-county-voter-turnout-statistics","tag-kalos-strategies-bexar-county","tag-nonpartisan-voter-resource-bexar-county-2026","tag-plan-your-vote-sa","tag-planyourvotesa","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-voter-registration-website","tag-voter-information-bexar-county-commissioners-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}