{"id":5643,"date":"2025-10-15T22:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/5643\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:35:10","slug":"bexar-elections-says-voter-registration-backlog-has-been-resolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/5643\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar Elections says voter registration backlog has been resolved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bexar County\u2019s Elections Administrator Michele Carew says a large backlog of new voter registration applications has officially been taken care of in time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonioreport.org\/san-antonio-report-voter-guide-mayor-election-may-2025-city-council-how-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nov. 4 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The voter registration deadline for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonioreport.org\/voter-guide-what-to-know-about-bexar-county-nov-4-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">this November\u2019s election<\/a>\u00a0was Monday, Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Carew said Wednesday that all applications received before then have been processed,  thanks to numerous temporary employees brought on to help staff 14-hour work days.<\/p>\n<p>Bexar County was thrust into a chaotic transition process when its longtime voter registration\u00a0vendor, Votec, went under this summer \u2014 at the same time the state\u2019s system was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/texas\/2025\/09\/25\/team-voter-registration-system-problems-county-election-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">undergoing a massive update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That left Carew\u2019s office to process about 72,000 backlogged applications between Oct. 1, when the county went live on the state\u2019s registration system, and the start of early voting, on Oct. 20, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to extend my deepest gratitude to the Commissioners Court, Texas Secretary of State, and my entire team, including temporary staff. Their efforts made this possible,\u201d Carew said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>New voters may not have received their voter registration cards in the mail, she said, but can still vote using their driver\u2019s license or other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bexar.org\/3945\/Voter-Registration-FAQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">forms of legal identification<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goelect.txelections.civixapps.com\/ivis-mvp-ui\/#\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Check your voter registration status online here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonioreport.org\/author\/andrea-drusch\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BC0E54A7-FB96-47C4-B1BE-28F5F26879DE-80x80.jpeg\"  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\tAndrea Drusch writes about local government for the San Antonio Report. She&#8217;s covered politics in Washington, D.C., and Texas for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, National Journal and Politico.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sanantonioreport.org\/author\/andrea-drusch\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Andrea Drusch\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":"Bexar County\u2019s Elections Administrator Michele Carew says a large backlog of new voter registration applications has officially been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5533,5818,5363,82,84,83,2279],"class_list":["post-5643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-michele-carew","tag-nov-4-election","tag-props-a-and-b","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5643","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=5643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}