Two major Texas counties are trimming polling locations as workers pull out over coronavirus

[RandySF]

A lack of workers willing to run polling sites as Texas continues to report record coronavirus infections is forcing election officials in two major counties to scale back plans for the July 14 primary runoff elections.

Citing a drop-off spurred by fear of the virus, Bexar County, the state’s fourth largest, is expected to close at least eight of its planned 226 voting locations for next Tuesday, according to County Judge Nelson Wolff.

In Tarrant County, the third largest, election officials learned Thursday that the local Republican and Democratic parties had agreed to shutter two of 173 sites planned for election day voting after the parties were unable to find election judges to run the polling places.

Although poll workers are generally being provided with protective gear, Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to not require voters to wear masks when they show up at polling locations is driving some poll workers away, Wolff said.



https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/09/texas-voting-coronavirus/

[MagickMuffin]

1. I'm in Tarrant County and a precinct chair

The elections called me last week to see if I'd be willing to work, I told them no thanks.

They closed my polling location with the new voting machines and allowing everyone in the county to vote at any location on election day. Since they decided to do that I lost interest in being an election judge or alternate judge.

They were asking people thru fb to sign up thru a temp agency. Hopefully if they do that they will give them better training than the primary election.

[jimfields33]

2. Not much the county can do but just open what the can

This will happen all over the country. Mail in will help but not fully.

[MagickMuffin]

3. Mail in would be great, however, the republicons are working overtime to ensure that doesn't happen

It always okay for them to vote by mail in how many states they are registered in.