County associations as for changes to election schedule
County associations today proposed a handful of changes to the election schedule adopted by the San Antonio court before the Christmas holiday. The changes would:
- Give counties until February 20 (rather than January 31) to redraw precinct boundaries, if needed,
- Suspend the need for counties to have new precinct boundaries precleared under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,
- Give counties until March 9 (rather than February 13) to issue new voter registration certificates, (continue reading)
