| Monday the state Senate will hold public hearings on SB 836 (Duncan-R). This bill would allow the expansion of countywide polling locations, sometimes called Super Precincts.
Lubbock County was the only county to conduct the pilot program in November 2006.
The results of the pilot were crystal clear, but totally excluded from the Secretary of State's report to the legislature. The results?
Overall voting declined by 3.6%
Voting in the top 10 minority precincts declined 25.7%
There was no cost savings.
There was no influx of first-time voters.
I was part of the group that implemented this pilot. It failed miserably, but the Lubbock County Elections office and Secretary of State's office have continued to be cheerleaders for this bad policy. They have both submitted reports that are absent of any negative results.
I'll be at the hearing and hope that the Senators will listen.
Hope that some of you who care about voting for all Texans can join me.
You can download the full report at: http://www.tdw.org/S... |
