SAN ANTONIO — The first day of early voting in Bexar County resulted in record-breaking turnout with just a couple weeks until the November 5 election.
By 1:45 p.m. Bexar County elections officials recorded more than 23,370 in-person early voters, surpassing 2018 numbers.
As of 6 p.m., the Bexar County Elections Department indicated there were 43,396 early voters.
“Am I sorry they have to stand in line? Yes. Am I excited that there’s great crowds out there. You better believe it," said Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacquelyn Callanen. "This is what we prepped for and I think someone used the term this is our Super Bowl."
Eligible voters are tasked with casting their ballots at dozens of polling sites throughout Bexar County, which is home to just over 1.2 million registered voters.
Callanen stressed the first two days of early voting tend to be among the busiest.
She said additional voting machines have been distributed and poll workers have been shuffled around to various polling sites.
Callanen is reminding registered voters to come prepared by bringing an official form of ID and bring a filled in sample ballot to expedite the time it takes to fill out their actual ballot.
Jo Lewis was among the dozens of voters at the Cody Library on the northwest side of San Antonio. She’s been anticipating the first day of early voting for a while.
“I am just a true patriot. I love our country,” Lewis said. “It’s like oh my gosh look at this line and I’m telling everybody how excited I am and I don’t know if anybody’s that excited because the line is so long.”
Early voting in Bexar County for the general election is open from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. Here's when those sites are open each day:
- Monday, Oct. 21 to Friday, Oct. 25: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Saturday, Oct. 26: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct. 27: noon to 6 p.m.
- Monday, Oct. 28 to Friday, Nov. 1: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Here are the locations for early voting:
- BEXAR COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER (Basement, South End) (Sotano, Lado sur) 300 Dolorosa
- BROOKHOLLOW LIBRARY 530 Heimer Road
- CASTLE HILLS CITY HALL (Community Room) 209 Lemonwood Dr
- CHRISTIAN FAMILY BAPTIST CHURCH 1589 Grosenbacher
- CLAUDE BLACK COMMUNITY CENTER 2805 East Commerce
- CODY BRANCH LIBRARY 11441 Vance Jackson
- COLLINS GARDEN BRANCH LIBRARY 200 N. Park Blvd.
- CONVERSE COMMUNITY EVENT CENTER 407 S. Seguin Rd
- COPERNICUS COMMUNITY CENTER 5003 Lord Rd
- CORTEZ BRANCH LIBRARY 2803 Hunter Blvd
- EAST CENTRAL ISD ADMIN. BLDG 6634 New Sulphur Springs Rd.
- ENCINO BRANCH LIBRARY 2515 East Evans Rd
- FAIR OAKS RANCH POLICE DEPT. (TRAINING ROOM) 7286 Dietz Elkhorn Dr.
- FRANK GARRETT MULTI SERVICE CENTER 1226 N.W. 18th St.
- GREAT NORTHWEST BRANCH LIBRARY 9050 Wellwood
- GUERRA BRANCH LIBRARY 7978 W. Military Drive
- HELOTES CITY HALL 12951 Bandera Rd
- IGO BRANCH LIBRARY 13330 Kyle Seale Parkway
- JOHNSTON BRANCH LIBRARY 6307 Sun Valley Drive
- KIRBY CITY HALL 112 Bauman
- LEON VALLEY CONFERENCE CENTER 6427 Evers Rd
- LION’S FIELD ADULT AND SENIOR CENTER 2809 Broadway
- MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH 111 Hobart St.
- MAVERICK BRANCH LIBRARY 8700 Mystic Park
- MCCRELESS BRANCH LIBRARY 1023 Ada Street
- MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY 3222 Culebra
- MISSION BRANCH LIBRARY 3134 Roosevelt Ave
- NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW COLLEGE (Medina CTE Center, Bldg. 800, Rm. 104) 1201 Kitty Hawk Rd.
- NORTHSIDE ACTIVITY CENTER 7001 Culebra
- NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE (Mt. Laurel Hall, Rm. 101 A&B) 3535 N. Ellison Dr
- OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY (Sueltenfuss Library Com. Room) 411 S.W. 24TH St.
- PALO ALTO COLLEGE (Palomino Center, Rm 110) 1400 W. Villaret Blvd
- PARMAN BRANCH LIBRARY@Stone Oak 20735 Wilderness Oak
- PRECINCT 1 SATELLITE OFFICE 3505 Pleasanton
- PRECINCT 3 SATELLITE OFFICE 320 Interpark Blvd.
- SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE (Victory Center, Room 117) 1819 N. Main Ave
- SCHAEFER BRANCH LIBRARY 6322 US Hwy 87 E
- SEMMES BRANCH LIBRARY @ Comanche Lookout Park 15060 Judson Road
- SHAVANO PARK CITY HALL (Lobby) 900 Saddletree Ct
- SOMERSET CITY HALL 7360 E 6th St. Somerset
- SOUTHSIDE ISD ADMIN BLDG 1460 Martinez-Losoya Rd.
- ST. HEDWIG CITY HALL 13065 FM 1346
- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (SA) (Mays Center, Suite 111) One University Way
- THOUSAND OAKS BRANCH LIBRARY 4618 Thousand Oaks
- TOBIN BRANCH LIBRARY @Oakwell 4134 Harry Wurzbach
- UNIVERSAL CITY LIBRARY 100 Northview Dr
- UTSA (Bexar Room) 1 UTSA Circle
- WINDCREST PARK CIVIC CENTER 9310 Jim Seal Dr
- WONDERLAND MALL OF THE AMERICAS @ CROSSROADS (Suite A79) 4522 Fredericksburg Rd
- WOODLAWN POINT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY 702 Donaldson Ave.