New polling place to open on University of Texas campus
AUSTIN -- To encourage student voting by reducing wait times in line, a second polling location will open on campus for the 2018 general election, potentially in the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL).
The Flawn Academic Center (FAC) has served as UT’s sole polling location since 2005, with the Co-Op store on Guadalupe occasionally operating as an overflow location to reduce line wait times. However, voter turnout in Travis County and at UT has increased significantly since 2012 and the FAC saw wait times of up to 2 or 3 hours during the 2016 election and the 2018 general election primaries.
Maya Patel, vice president of TX Votes, said these increased wait times discourage voting for students who need to attend class or don’t have time to wait in line for hours.
“A lot of students end up not voting because they see the long lines and they decide they have other things to do other than wait in a three-hour line to vote,” chemistry junior Patel said.
Read more: http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2018/08/08/new-polling-place-to-open-on-campus
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