Countywide voting will still be in place during the two weeks of early voting, but voters will have to go to their assigned polling location if they plan to vote on Election Day for the March 3 primary.

Voters in Williamson County will no longer be able to cast their ballot at any polling location on primary Election Day. Instead, they will only be able to vote at their assigned neighborhood polling place.

The county’s Republican Party has decided it no longer wants to offer countywide polling locations on primary Election Day, and under current state law, the county’s Democratic Party has no choice but follow Republicans’ lead. Both parties must agree to using countywide polling locations for them to be offered.

“We decided, as a party … to return to precinct based polling,” said Michelle Evans, the chair of the Williamson County GOP. “It just means that you are voting in your community, as an overwhelming majority of voters do anyway.”

Williamson County, she said, only began offering countywide polling places in 2013. Evans said for her and other Republicans, the shift back to precinct based polling places is about “being more confident in the outcomes of our elections.”

“I could get into all of those details, but at the end of the day, it’s because we can,” she said. “It’s legal. It’s something we’re entitled to do, and it’s something that our party would like us to do.”

  • Sharkticon@lemmy.zipOP
    43·
    9 days ago

    “I could get into all of those details, but at the end of the day, it’s because we can,” she said. “It’s legal. It’s something we’re entitled to do, and it’s something that our party would like us to do.”

    Just says it all.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
    151·
    9 days ago

    another form of voter suppression, these things dont get discussed enough instead of blaming it on "non-voters.

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      Changing this is a stupid decision. But you have two weeks to early vote at any voting location. So yes, I do blame the situation we are currently in on non-voters. Make the effort. It’s too important to make excuses about why you couldn’t be bothered.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 days ago

    “It’s not fascist bootlicking in a vein attempt to hold onto power, politics for the sake of politics is just the politics of politicking, baby! Fuck you.” - These assholes

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    9 days ago

    I’m presuming voters can still go to any polling place during early voting?

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      Early voting, however, will remain unchanged. Voters will still be able to cast their ballots at any available polling place in the county during the two week period.

    • Sharkticon@lemmy.zipOP
      3·
      9 days ago

      Voters in Williamson County who plan to cast their ballot in the upcoming primary on Election Day will have to go to an assigned polling location. Countywide polling places will still remain for the early voting period.