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Bexar County poll workers won't tolerate political outfits or political chatter from voters in line

Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen said turnout during early voting continues to grow each day.
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Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen said turnout during early voting continues to grow each day.

Election officials advised Bexar County voters to check their attire before visiting a polling site. They should not wear their Kamala Harris buttons or Donald Trump t-shirts before joining the record-breaking crowds turning out to vote.

It's against the election code to wear or bring any sort of campaign paraphernalia into a voting line.

"Whether it's a shirt or a hat or a button or any kind of ... swag that has a campaign on it, [those items] may not be visible within the 100-foot mark," said Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen.

She warned that anyone wearing Harris or Trump shirts will be asked by an election site judge to step into a restroom to turn t-shirts inside out. Election judges will also cover t-shirts with jackets they have handy or even tape a sample ballot over campaign names or logos.

Voters are also prohibited from speaking about their presidential preferences while in a voting line.

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Early voting turnout in Bexar County and San Antonio is continuing its record breaking streak. As of 1:00 PM Thursday, October 24, Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen says it’s the highest turnout she’s ever seen in her two decades overseeing more than 300 elections.

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Callanen said voter turnout continues to be strong, with the number of voters each day so far rising higher than the number from the day before.

"We already have a 14.3% turnout, like that's amazing. That in three and a half days," she said.

She said halfway through the fourth day of early voting on Thursday, more than 25,000 had cast ballots, and the total number of votes cast so far had reached more than 168,000.

Callanen said Northwest Vista College and Brook Hollow Library continued to be the busiest two polling sites, while some South Side locations, such as Somerset City Hall, are little less busy.

She suggested voters check turnout at locations online at bexar.org/elections and drive to one of those spots that has seen lighter turnout. Voters may vote at any of the 51 polling sites across the county.

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