SAN ANTONIO – Nearly 1.3 million people are registered to vote in Bexar County in the 2024 general election — the most in any presidential election.
Due to the increase in registered voters, elections officials are urging people to plan ahead and take advantage of early voting, which starts on Monday, Oct. 21, and ends on Friday, Nov. 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5.
In a news conference on Thursday, elections administrator Jacque Callanen said 51 polling locations will be open during the early voting period, the most Bexar County has had.
Click here for a list of early voting locations in Bexar County. Registered voters can vote at any polling site during the early voting period and Election Day.
The Bexar County Elections Department will list the busiest and least busy polling locations during the early voting period so people can avoid long lines.
As of Thursday, there are 1,296,036 people registered to vote in Bexar County, up from 1,188,930 in the 2020 election.
Callanen said they have 42,760 applications to vote by mail in house, and they’ve received just more than 7,000 ballots so far.
Compared to 2020, they had 121,000 applications and processed 92,000 paper ballots.
The last day to submit an application for a mail ballot is Oct. 25. Applications must be received by the Bexar County Elections Department that day.
To request a ballot, contact the Bexar County Elections Department at 210-335-8683 or click here. You can fill out an application online but cannot submit it online.
Click here for more information on how to vote by mail.
Callanen added that the elections department verifies the status of voters — after they submit a ballot — with the Texas Department of Public Safety, Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
Registered voters with a limited-term driver’s license or identification card can only cast a ballot at the Bexar County Election Department at 1103 S. Frio St. Click here for more information on voting with a limited-term driver’s license.