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Early Voting Opens in Bexar County With 10,158 Ballots Cast on Day One

Attention is centered on Proposition B about public funding for a proposed downtown Spurs arena, which experts say could lift turnout beyond a typical odd-year election.

Overview

  • Early voting runs Oct. 20–31 with 51 sites open to all Bexar County voters, according to the elections office.
  • Day-one participation represented less than 1% of roughly 1.3 million registered voters, the Express-News reported.
  • The busiest first-day sites were Lion’s Field Adult and Senior Center with 596 votes and Brookhollow Branch Library with 585, while Frank Garrett Multi-Service Center logged 18.
  • Local measures include Proposition A on venue and grounds improvements and Proposition B on county funding for a new Spurs arena, alongside 17 statewide constitutional amendments.
  • As daily counts are tracked, analysts point to the 23.6% turnout in the 1999 arena funding vote as a benchmark for gauging potential engagement this year.