Is this why republicans are anti mask mandate? Are they laying a narrative for November?

[applegrove]

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

Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to not require voters to wear masks is driving away some poll workers, officials say.

BY ALEXA URA JULY 9, 20204 PM

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

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Texas voters are not required to wear masks while casting their ballots in person for the primary runoffs, the first statewide election during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune

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.

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[scarletwoman]

1. This probably applies to the whole country. Let CV-19 run wild & close lots of polling places.

Any way to make it harder to vote.

[canetoad]

4. That action, I believe

Is the Repubs very last line of defence. Come election day, what is anyone going to do about it?

[yellowdogintexas]

7. see my other post below. No voter suppression here.

All election decisions are made by a committee consisting of the two party chairs, a couple of representatives from each party and the head of our elections office.

Closing 2 out of 175 precincts when we can vote in any one of the remaining 173 is just not an issue.

[bamagal62]

2. I don't care who is wearing

A mask or not. I’ll be there to vote.

[murielm99]

3. The whole trouble is,

will the election judges be there? Can they be expected to risk their lives to show up for work?

If you can vote absentee or by mail, please do so!

[yellowdogintexas]

5. I am lead judge for a precinct in Fort Worth (Tarrant)

Here is the good news:
Because Tarrant County has new rules, a voter can go to any voting location in the county regardless of the precinct they live it. So closing 2 voting locations is really not an issue except for folks who are accustomed to voting in one of those 2 spots. There are 173 places where any one can vote.

We call it Voting Centers and it is wonderful! No more arriving at the last minute only to find that you are in the wrong location and you don't have time to get there. You can vote anyway.

This will be our third election with Voting Centers and we love it, and the voters love it. Our voting locations are well distributed all over the county; there is one in each precinct. There are 6 which are maybe 10 minutes from our house.

[yellowdogintexas]

6. more: sorry for 2 posts about this we are being provided with face shields, masks, gloves

tons of disinfectant for us and the voters, distance marking supplies.

I am really pleased about the face shields.

Regardless of how many have voted early or by mail, we still have to be there for the voters who do get out and vote.

It is a runoff and those are normally very low turnout; I am expecting a fairly quiet day

[mahina]

8. Wonderful news. Perhaps you'll make an OP on the Texas page?

I bet your post would lift a lot of hearts around here. You stay well.

[Mike 03]

9. Great info for Texas voters. Thank

you for posting.

Kicking

[murielm99]

10. This is wonderful.

I hope more states will do this.

[applegrove]

13. But health compromised people in long line ups will still be at risk

if there is no mandate to wear a mask. So they will stay home, especially african americans and latinos who are at such a much greater risk of death.

[Thekaspervote]

11. 2 things: the gop vote will be driven further down than ours with that tactic

A. Their most reliable voting block will not want to risk going out
B. The Dems are fired up and will risk all to vote. Cannot say that about the gop in 2020

Nose...meet face!!

[2naSalit]

12. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

14. Anything to suppress the vote...

it's all they got now and going forward.

GOTV!!!!