{"id":227386,"date":"2026-03-30T19:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227386\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:23:53","slug":"fact-check-can-you-give-an-electronic-presentation-during-public-comment-at-el-paso-city-council-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227386\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Can you give an electronic presentation during public comment at El Paso City Council meetings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gigafact<\/a> to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/2024\/01\/30\/el-paso-matters-gigafact-fact-check-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cfact briefs\u201d<\/a> that examine claims about issues shaping our community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774898632_762_factBriefImage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A member of the public may not use electronic media for a presentation at El Paso City Council meetings, according to the city\u2019s public comment policy.<\/p>\n<p>Any presentation must be submitted to the City Clerk\u2019s Office as a printed document to be scanned and shown through an overhead projector during the meeting, according to the City Council\u2019s rules of order.<\/p>\n<p>The public is prohibited from submitting electronic storage devices, such as USB drives or discs, for cybersecurity reasons, the rules of order state.<\/p>\n<p>The Town of Horizon City and the City of Socorro, both in El Paso County, allow the presentation of electronic media with advance notice to provide any necessary equipment to support the request, according to a statement from city clerks Elvia Schuller and Victor Reta, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>State law allows governmental bodies to adopt their own rules regarding the public\u2019s right to address them.<\/p>\n<p>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/firstamendmentcoalition.org\/asked-and-answered\/i-could-not-display-a-video-during-my-public-comment-at-a-city-council-meeting-because-the-councils-a-v-equipment-stopped-working-what-are-my-options\/#:~:text=Question,it%20only%20through%20city%20equipment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Brandy-Ruiz-scaled-e1640132858282-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrandy Ruiz is an audience engagement reporter at El Paso Matters. She joined the staff in 2021 as a social media intern, completed a summer fellowship at the Texas Tribune and graduated with a degree&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Brandy Ruiz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters has partnered with Gigafact to produce \u201cfact briefs\u201d that examine claims about issues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,3927,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-227386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news","11":"tag-fact-check","12":"tag-government"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227386","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=227386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}