Tag Archives: Bexar County

This is why elections administrators are under attack

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

What a lousy thing to do right now. Harris County’s new elections administrator has not taken office yet, but the Harris County GOP is already trying to shape his reputation. On Wednesday, State Senator Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, tweeted an image … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Bexar County, Christian Menefee, Cindy Siegel, Clifford Tatum, elections administrator, Gillespie County, Harris County, Harris County Election Board, Paul Bettencourt, Texas | 1 Comment

Here’s hoping we’ll have fewer mail ballot rejections in November

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Counties are taking the problem seriously, which is a good start. The statewide rejection rate [for mail ballots] was more than 12 percent in the primary — six times what it was in the last midterm year in 2018. By … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Election 2022, Harris County, League of Women Voters, primaries, runoff, Secretary of State, The Lege, voter suppression | 1 Comment

San Antonio will make its statement for abortion rights

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

More symbolic than anything, but it still has meaning. Five San Antonio City Council members and the mayor stood in support of a largely symbolic measure Wednesday that would attempt to “decriminalize” abortion locally. Council is expected to approve a resolution during a … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged abortion, Austin, Bexar County, contraception, Election 2023, Houston, local control, police, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio, SCOTUS, Teri Castillo, Texas, The Lege | 2 Comments

SAISD vaccine mandate upheld again

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Also still on hold, but the state loses again at the appellate level. A state appellate court upheld San Antonio Independent School District’s authority Wednesday to mandate its workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, almost a year after the district instituted … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged 4th Court of Appeals, Bexar County, coronavirus, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, local control, Pedro Martinez, San Antonio, San Antonio ISD, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege, vaccinations | 1 Comment

Bexar County raises its COVID threat level

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Hopefully not a sign of things to come. Local health officials raised San Antonio’s COVID-19 risk level to high this week after warning of a “silent surge” just two weeks ago. That surge continues, according to data from the city’s Metropolitan Health District, … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Bexar County, coronavirus, face masks, Harris County, Houston, Texas, vaccinations, wastewater | Comments Off

DAs are not going to be able to avoid enforcing anti-abortion laws

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I appreciate the sentiment, but that’s not how it works. Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, local prosecutors in several of the largest Texas counties vowed not to file criminal charges in abortion-related cases, seemingly offering hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment, That's our Lege | Tagged abortion, Attorney General, Bexar County, Briscoe Cain, District Attorney, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Ken Paxton, Kim Ogg, SCOTUS, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

There was definitely an improvement in mail ballot acceptance for the primary runoffs

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

The last time I looked, I was largely unable to find any news stories about mail ballots and their rejection rates for the May primary runoff elections, with the exception of one story about Bexar County and how they were … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Cameron County, Dallas County, El Paso, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Montgomery County, primaries, runoff, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, voter suppression | 2 Comments

When we had more deaths than births in Texas

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Seems like that would be a bad thing. In the midst of the nation’s deadliest pandemic, Texas recorded more births than deaths every month since 2016 — with one exception. Provisional data from the Texas Department of State Health Services … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged Bexar County, Bowie County, coronavirus, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Harris County, Kenedy County, Kerr County, Potter County, Smith County, Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services, Travis County, vaccinations, Wichita County | Comments Off

A better mail ballot

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I’m glad someone’s working on this. After thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected in Texas’ statewide primaries in March, election officials and voting rights groups are stepping up efforts to make sure voters don’t run into the same problems with … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Election 2022, Harris County, League of Women Voters, primaries, runoff, Secretary of State, The Lege, voter suppression | Comments Off

Runoff results: Around the state

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

After the primary, I rounded up the Democratic runoffs we’d have in May. I’m going to use that post to round up the results from last night, as best as I can tell as of when I gave up the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Alexandra Guio ·Angel Vega, Attorney General, Bexar County, Cassandra Hernandez, CD01, CD15, CD21, CD24, CD28, CD30, Christian Hayes, Claudia Zapata, Comptroller, Congress, Dawn Buckingham, Democratic primary, Derrik Gay, Election 2022, George P. Bush, HD100, HD114, HD22, HD37, HD70, HD76, Henry Cuellar, Jan McDowell, Jane Hamilton, Janet Dudding, Jasmine Crockett, Jay Kleberg, JJ Jefferson, Joe Jaworski, John Bryant, John Rigney, Joseph Trahan, Ken Paxton, Land Commissioner, Laura Marquez, Lite Gov, Luis Villarreal, Melissa Ortega, Michelle Beckley, Michelle Vallejo, Mihaela Plesa, Mike Collier, Morgan LaMantia, Pat Hardy, Pete Garcia, primaries, Railroad Commission, Ricardo Villarreal, Rochelle Garza, Ruben Cortez, Ruben Ramirez, runoff, Sandra Crenshaw, Sandragrace Martinez, Sara Stapleton-Barrera, Sarah Stogner, SBOE, SD27, Senate, Suleman Lalani, Texas, The Lege, Tim Westley, Vanesia Johnson, Venton Jones, Victor Dunn, Victor Morales, Victor Perez, Wayne Christian, Webb County, Zapata County | 1 Comment

Hey look! Some info about mail ballots in the May election!

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

It’s not much, but I’ll take what I can get. For the second time in less than two weeks, Texans are heading back to the polls to decide on a host of statewide and local elections. Voters are deciding who … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Election 2022, Harris County, primaries, special election, Texas, voter suppression | 1 Comment

Debtors’ court

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This is not good. In this court and others in Bexar County, debt collection lawsuits more than doubled from 2012 to 2020. “I’m trying to manage this behemoth, but there are some guidelines I have to follow as well,” said … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bexar County, debt collections, Harris County, Justice of the Peace, lawsuit, Nathan Hecht, Supreme Court, Texas, Texas Office of Court Administration, The Lege | Comments Off

May 2022 special election Day Four EV report: Checking in on the mail ballots

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

In my first look at early voting for the May special election, I noted the fairly large number of mail ballots that had been cast so far in Harris County and wondered if we would hear about mail ballot rejections … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, constitutional amendments, early voting, Election 2022, Harris County, Lubbock, special election, Texas, turnout, voter suppression | 2 Comments

SCOTx declines to save Chick-fil-A

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

But they didn’t kill off the possibility of it being saved, either. Conservative activists suing the City of San Antonio alleging it violated the Texas “Save Chick-fil-a” law have not presented evidence of a violation, the Texas State Supreme Court … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bexar County, Chick-fil-A, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, San Antonio, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

Divorce granted in common-law same-sex marriage case

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Good result. On March 24, a San Antonio jury returned a verdict in favor of Christopher Hoffman, a gay man who sought to prove a common law marriage existed since 1996 with his former partner, Moises Ortiz. The decision clears … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bexar County, divorce, gay marriage, gay rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas | Comments Off

Bexar County looks for ways to reduce future mail ballot rejections

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Good luck. I hope if they learn anything useful they share it with the rest of us. Bexar County Commissioners on Tuesday directed local officials to come up with a plan to reduce the number of rejected mail-in ballots in … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Election 2022, elections administrator, Harris County, Justin Rodriguez, primaries, Texas, voter suppression | Comments Off

When a divorce helps to define a marriage

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Interesting case. A gay San Antonio man has filed for a divorce in which he seeks to prove a common law marriage existed with his former partner of 25 years when federal law prohibited same sex marriage. The law has … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, Bexar County, divorce, gay marriage, gay rights, Greg Abbott, Mark Phariss, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County | 4 Comments

Precinct analysis: Beto’s range in the 2022 primaries

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

When you get 91.34% of the vote in an election, as Beto did in the Democratic primary for Governor, there’s usually not a whole lot of interesting data beneath the surface. But you never know until you look, so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Bexar County, Cameron County, Collin County, Dallas County, Democratic primary, Denton County, Dimmit County, Duval County, El Paso, Election 2018, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Frio County, Governor, Harris County, Hidalgo County, Jefferson County, Jim Wells County, Joy Diaz, Maverick County, Michael Cooper, Montgomery County, Nueces County, precinct analysis, Sema Hernandez, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, Webb County | Comments Off

More data about mail ballot rejections

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Keep it coming. Thousands of Texans who attempted to vote by mail in the March primary were disenfranchised in the state’s first election conducted under a new Republican voting law. The state’s largest counties saw a significant spike in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Bryan Hughes, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, drivers licenses, El Paso, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Hays County, Hidalgo County, lawsuit, League of Women Voters, Nueces County, Parker County, primaries, Secretary of State, Social Security number, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, The Lege, Travis County, voter ID, voter suppression, Williamson County | 1 Comment

The rejected mail ballots of Bexar County

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I have four things to say about this. Bexar County rejected mail-in ballots at roughly ten times the rate it did before the passage of the state’s new voting law last year. Before Senate Bill 1 took effect, with its … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Harris County, primaries, Secretary of State, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, The Lege, turnout, voter suppression | 2 Comments

Precinct analysis: Final 2022 primary vote totals from those counties of interest

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

At the end of early voting, I posted some totals from various counties around the state. I noted at the time it was an imprecise comparison since I included final 2018 turnout numbers as the comparison point for 2022 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bell County, Bexar County, Brazoria County, Brazos County, Cameron County, Collin County, Comal County, Dallas County, Democratic primary, Denton County, early voting, El Paso, Election 2018, Election 2022, Ellis County, Fort Bend County, Hays County, Hidalgo County, Johnson County, Lubbock, Maverick County, Montgomery County, Nueces County, primaries, Smith County, Starr County, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, turnout, voter suppression, Webb County, Williamson County | 1 Comment

Initial post-election wrapup

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Just a few updates and observations to add onto what I posted yesterday morning. Any deeper thoughts, if I have them, will come later. – Cheri Thomas and William Demond won their races for the 14th Court of Appeals. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged 14th Court of Appeals, absentee ballots, Aicha Davis, Bexar County, Cam Campbell, Candis Houston, CD15, CD28, Chase West, Commissioners Court, Congress, County Judge, Democratic primary, Dexter McCoy, early voting, Election 2018, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Grady Prestage, Harold Dutton, Harris County, HD132, HD142, Henry Cisneros, Henry Cuellar, Isabel Longoria, judicial races, Ken DeMerchant, KP George, Marisa Perez, Miguel Gonzalez, Neeta Sane, paper ballots, primaries, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, runoff, SBOE, SD17, Secretary of State, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Titus Benton, turnout, voter suppression | 11 Comments

A roundup of runoffs

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

I was going to just do a basic recap of all the primary races that will require runoffs, and then this happened, and I had to do some redesign. U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, has decided to end his reelection … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Alexandra Guio, Alexandra Mealer, Andrea Beall, Angel Vega, Attorney General, Ben Chou, Beverly Armstrong, Bexar County, Cassandra Hernandez, CD01, CD03, CD15, CD21, CD24, CD28, CD30, CD38, Chip Wells, Christian Hayes, Claudia Zapata, Commissioners Court, Comptroller, Congress, Coretta Mallet-Fontenot, Daniel Caldwell, Danielle Bess, David Patronella, Dawn Buckingham, Democratic primary, Derrik Gay, Diana Alexander, Duncan Klussmann, Election 2022, George P. Bush, Greg Glass, Harris County, HD100, HD114, HD147, HD22, HD37, HD70, HD76, Henry Cisneros, Henry Cuellar, James Whitfield, Jan McDowell, Jane Hamilton, Janet Dudding, Jasmine Crockett, Jason Luong, Jay Kleberg, JJ Jefferson, Joe Jaworski, John Bryant, John Rigney, Jolanda Jones, Joseph Trahan, judicial races, Justice of the Peace, Keith Self, Ken Paxton, Kim McTorry, Land Commissioner, Laura Marquez, Lawrence Allen, Lee Merritt, Lesley Briones, Lite Gov, Lorenzo Sanchez, Luis Sifuentes, Luis Villarreal, Manpreet Singh, Melissa Ortega, Michelle Beckley, Michelle Vallejo, Mihaela Plesa, Mike Collier, Morgan LaMantia, Pat Hardy, Pete Garcia, Pete Sessions, primaries, provisional ballots, Railroad Commission, recount, Ricardo Villarreal, Rochelle Garza, Ruben Cortez, Ruben Ramirez, runoff, Sandra Crenshaw, Sandragrace Martinez, Sara Stapleton-Barrera, Sarah Stogner, SBOE, SD27, Senate, Sonia Lopez, Staci Childs, Starr County, Steve Duble, Suleman Lalani, Teresa Waldrop, Texas, The Lege, Tim Westley, Treasea Trevino, Van Taylor, Vanesia Johnson, Venton Jones, Victor Dunn, Victor Morales, Victor Perez, Vidal Martinez, voter suppression, Wayne Christian, Webb County, Zapata County | 12 Comments

2022 primary early voting statewide

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Turnout information for early voting for all counties is available on the Secretary of State website. They used to only have this for the 30 most populous counties, which skewed things in a Democratic direction, but a law passed in … Continue reading →

Some DAs refuse to enforce Abbott’s anti-trans order

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

More like this, please. District attorneys in five of the largest counties in Texas on Thursday announced that they will not comply with Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) and state attorney general Ken Paxton’s (R) directive that state agencies begin investigating … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bexar County, Christian Menefee, Dallas County, Department of Family and Protective Services, Fort Bend County, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Ken Paxton, Kim Ogg, Nueces County, Texas, The Lege, transgender rights, Travis County | Comments Off

I repeat: We need to get more kids vaccinated

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Come on, Houston. In spite of the spread of the omicron variant, national COVID-19 vaccination rates for children ages 5-11 remain low. The same is true for children in Harris County, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of CDC data. Of Harris … Continue reading →

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | Tagged Bexar County, coronavirus, Dallas County, Harris County, hospitals, Houston, Kaiser Family Foundation, Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services, Travis County, vaccinations | Comments Off

Don’t expect the absentee ballot fiasco to improve

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Things are working as planned. Signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in September, the voting law known as Senate Bill 1 contained an array of new restrictions on the state’s voting process and narrowed local control of elections. Among … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Dana DeBeauvoir, drivers licenses, Election 2022, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Secretary of State, Texas, Texas Association of Election Administrators, Texas Civil Rights Project, The Lege, Tom Green County, Travis County, voter suppression, Williamson County | 1 Comment

Lots of mail ballot applications are being rejected now

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This is a feature, not a bug. Hundreds of Texans seeking to vote by mail in the upcoming March primary elections are seeing their applications for ballots rejected by local election offices trying to comply with stricter voting rules enacted … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Common Cause, drivers licenses, early voting, Election 2022, Harris County, primaries, Secretary of State, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, voter ID, voter suppression, Williamson County | 3 Comments

From the “Keeping track of all these lawsuits is hard” department

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Spotted on Democracy Docket: Today, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss Vote.org v. Callanen. The case, filed earlier this summer, challenges Texas’ “wet signature” law that requires individuals who submit … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, Bexar County, electronic signatures, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Secretary of State, Texas, The Lege, Vote.org, voter registration | Comments Off

The botched “non-citizen” voter purge continues

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

At some point we need to recognize the fact that our Secretary of State’s office is completely, and maybe maliciously, inept at doing this. Texas’ last attempt to scour its voting rolls for noncitizens two years ago quickly devolved into … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged ACLU of Texas, Bexar County, Cameron County, David Whitley, DPS, Fort Bend County, Greg Abbott, Harris County, John Scott, lawsuit, Secretary of State, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, The Lege, Travis County, voter registration, Williamson County | 2 Comments

Rep. Martinez-Fischer sues over CD35

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

One more federal redistricting lawsuit to add to the pile. Texas State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer filed a lawsuit today challenging boundaries of the recently redrawn U.S. House District 35. In the lawsuit, Fischer claims that the redrawn map violates … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bexar County, CD35, Congress, Election 2022, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, redistricting, Texas, Travis County, Trey Martinez-Fischer, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

Bexar mask mandate back on

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Abbott and Paxton take another L. A temporary order that allows the City of San Antonio and Bexar County to require masks in their buildings will stay in place until a lawsuit challenging an executive order goes to trial in … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged 4th Court of Appeals, Bexar County, coronavirus, Dallas County, face masks, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, local control, San Antonio, Supreme Court, Texas | Comments Off

SCOTx hears Chick-Fil-A case

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Missed this last week. The Supreme Court of Texas heard oral arguments Thursday in the now two-year-old case involving the exclusion of Chick-fil-A city contract in the San Antonio International Airport. […] San Antonio has always maintained that the law … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged 4th Court of Appeals, abortion, Bexar County, Chick-fil-A, Ken Paxton, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio, Supreme Court, The Lege | Comments Off

Elections of interest elsewhere in Texas

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Early voting has started for the special election runoff in HD118. Early voting began Monday in San Antonio to see who will replace former state Rep. Leo Pacheco, a two-term Democrat who resigned from Texas’ 118th district in August to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2021 | Tagged Austin, Bexar County, budget, early voting, Election 2021, Frank Ramirez, John Lujan, Leo Pacheco, police, redistricting, runoff, special election, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

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