>> WELL TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING AND THINGS OBVIOUSLY FEELING A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT THAN THEY HAVE IN
YEARS PAST AND HERE TO TALK TO
US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT
AS PART OF OUR KSAT Q AND A IS
JACKIE CALLANAN
SHE’S THE BEXAR COUNTY
ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
JACKI AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY
ASKING YOU ARE THINGS GOING
TODAY AS I MENTIONED IT’S THE
FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING I
KNOW WE’VE RECEIVED SOME CALLS
HERE IN TO KSAT ABOUT THINGS
RUNNING SMOOTHLY. HOW ARE
THINGS GOING ON YOU’RE AT.
♪
>> AT THIS POINT THEY ARE RUNNING VERY VERY SMOOTHLY. THE FIRST DAY OF
EARLY VOTING. AND SELECTION
OFFICIALS HALF A DAY OR SO TO
GET IN THE RED THE OTHER TO
SAY. BUT THIS TIME WE’VE ERRED
OF COMPLICATION TO HER WITH THE
COVID-19. SO WE’VE SET SOME PRECAUTIONS FOR THEM AND FOR THE VOTERS THAT WE’RE REALLY
GLAD THAT THEY’VE COME THROUGH
AND I’M SO PROUD OF THEM TODAY
THAT THEY HAVE ARE ALL WORK.
YEAH AND EVERYTHING’S RUNNING
VERY SMOOTHLY.
>> AND JACKIE KIND OF TALK
ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT IF
THEY DIDN’T GO OUT TODAY
TO VOTE AND THEY HEAD OUT OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO DO THE
EARLY VOTING WHAT CAN THEY
EXPECT AS FAR AS THOSE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE NOW
♪
IN PLACE.
>> YES, WELL FOR THE
ELECTION OFFICIALS. WE HAVE
PROVIDED A LARGE PLASTIC SPRING
THAT WILL GO IN FRONT OF THE
QUALIFYING TABLE. SO THAT IT
WILL BE CONTACTLESS
VOTING. ELECTION OFFICIALS WILL
HAVE MASKS AND GO OUT OF THIS
AND FACE SHIELDS THEIR OWN
HAND SANITIZER WHITES FOR THE NEXT AND FOR THE TABLES. AND AS A VOTER ENTERS BE A
PERSON STATION THERE. SO THE
THE VOTER. NOW WE’LL USE HAND
SANITIZER AND THEN THEY WILL.
YEAH A STEP OF.
♪
FOOD PREPARE
♪
PLASTIC GLOVES. OR CANCEL.
SO THAT THEY CAN
PROCESS THROUGH WITH AGAIN
CONTACTLESS VOTING WE’LL GO TO
THE QUALIFYING TABLE.
♪
ELECTION OFFICIALS STILL SAY NEED THE STUDY THAT PHOTO ♪
I D.
♪ I D. THE STEPFORD AND WE WORKED
ON THAT WE CAN SCAN EVERY
LICENSE RIGHT THROUGH THE
PLASTIC BAG AND SAID THAT NO
ONE HAS TO AFFECT EACH OTHER’S.
♪
BILL SIMON. THEY’LL GET THEIR BALLOT CARD WELL OVER TO THE NEXT. AND NOW IT’S THERE IN
PLASTIC GOAL POSTS
♪
THERE.
♪ THERE. VOTING USING THAT PLASTIC GO OR
IF THEY CHOSE TO HAVE
A PENCIL. BILL YOU IS THE RACER
AND IS A STYLUS.
♪
AFTER IT STARTED THEIR CARD WILL COME OUT AND TAKE IT OVER TO
♪
TO ♪ THE TABULATOR LET’S HOPE HE IS.
HAND SANITIZER YANIS THEY LEAVE LABOR TRASHED AND THEIR FOR THEM TO PUT THE GLOVES IN.
♪
>> NOW TODAY IS THE DAY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MAY. IT WAS POSTPONED DUE
TO COVID HOW DO YOU THINK COVID
AND THIS DELAY WILL AFFECT
♪
VOTER TURNOUT.
>> WELL THAT’S A TOUGH ONE.
HE
IF IT HAD IT BACK WHEN IT WAS
INJURED IN MAY.
♪
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A
LITTLE BIT. MORE AHEAD AS FAR
AS EARLY VOTING. BECAUSE NOW
THE NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH HERE
IN
BEXAR COUNTY AND AGAIN I’M JUST
SO PROUD OF THE ELECTION
OFFICIALS AND THEY STEPPED UP
TO BE THERE FOR
THE VOTERS.
>> AND JACKIE BECAUSE OF
COVID-19 THERE ARE SOME EARLY
VOTING LOCATIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
USED TO GOING TO MAINLY THE
BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
THAT ARE NOW OUT OF PLAY
BECAUSE OF THIS EXPLAIN WHY
THOSE PLACES MAY NOT BE USED
FOR EARLY VOTING THIS TIME
AROUND.
>> WELL, THANKS TIM. YES, WE
ARE
NOT LOSING THE BEXAR COUNTY
JUSTICE CENTER WHERE WE’VE BEEN
FOR OVER
20 YEARS. WE’RE NOT USING
PRECINCT ONE OR PRECINCT 3
YEARS OR
♪
3 COUNTY BUILDINGS.
AND THE STATE SUPREME COURT.
AS IF FOOD.
♪
A PROCLAMATION
OR ORDER. BACK
FOR ANY
KEPT BUILDING.
♪
THE HOUSE ANY KIND OF TRIAL.
WE’RE HEARING.
THEY MUST THEY
MUST HAVE TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT
LAX EVERY PERSON ENTERING THE
BUILDING.
♪
BUILDING. ♪ WE CANNOT
PUT THAT
♪
SAME DEMAND ON ER’S ODOR.
WE
ARE HOPING AND WE’RE PRAYING
THAT THEIR VOTERS RESPECT OUR
ELECTION OFFICIALS AND SAID
THAT THEY WILL WEAR A MASK IN
TO THE POLLS. BUT AGAIN WE
CANNOT MANDATED.
♪
>> AND REALLY QUICKLY JACKIE BEFORE WE GO CAN YOU TELL US WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT AND WHO
♪
>> CAN VOTE.
>> WELL AGAIN THIS THIS IS THE
CONTINUATION OF
B.
>> PRIMARY ELECTION THAT WE
HELD IN MARCH, 3RD.
♪
AND THE LAW
SAYS THAT UPPER DIR OF
CANDIDATE HAS TO WIN BY 50% AND
♪
ONE VOTE. SO THAT THEY THINK
THAT THRESHOLD MUCH LIKE THE
FOOTBALL.
IF THEY DID NOT GO INTO A
RUNOFF THE 2 HIGHEST CANDIDATES
IN A RUNOFF.
BOTH PARTIES HAVE A BALLOT FOR
THIS RUNOFF
FIRST REPUBLICAN AND THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE ON ME
DEMOCRATIC SIDE. IT STARTS WITH
THE RUNOFF FOR THE U.S. SENATE
SEAT.
♪
SEAT. ♪ THAT BOTH BALLOTS. A
♪
PAIR OF STATE REPS ON THEM.
ONE OR
2 HAVE MISS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS THEY BOTH HAVE
THEIR PARTY CHAIRS.
♪
HAPPENS VERY QUICKLY IS WHEN THE VOTERS FROM AN THEY’RE PROCESSED AND
THAT WHEN THEY BOARDED THAT
MACHINE.
THE UNIT. THERE’S ONLY ONE OR
♪
2 SPRINGS, THE MOST ANY
CANDIDATE WILL VOTE FOR IS FOR
PEOPLE.
SO THEY’LL BE IN A NOT QUITE
QUICKLY. BUT EVERY
♪
VOTE COUNTS IN OUR ELECTION
OFFICIALS ARE THERE TO HELP
HER.
>> OBVIOUSLY IT’S A VERY GOOD
TEST CASE SCENARIO FOR WHAT
WE’RE LOOKING FOR NOVEMBER.
I’M SURE
COVID-19 HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE NOT
AS BAD THEN, BUT THAT’S
SOMETHING WE’LL PROBABLY STILL
BE DEALING WITH SO HOPEFULLY
EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY FOR
YOU, JACKIE.
>> THANK YOU TO MORE REALLY
HOPING
THAT BUT IF THE VOTE IF YOU ARE
VIEWERS WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
OUR WEBSITE. LET’S SEE THE
HOURS AND TIMES THE
DEBATES PLACES TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF EARLY VOTING SINCE
THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN US THIS
ADDITIONAL WEIGHT NORMALLY A RUNOFF ELECTION US FOR FOX 8 NEWS. BUT THIS ONE THAT WILL BE
FOR
10 DAYS.
>> ALL RIGHT JACKIE CALLANAN
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME