TX Constitutional Amendment Election Turnout's High Cost Of High Apathy

When does a vote cost $25? Apparently it does in Denton County this year.

 

We inquired with the Denton County Elections Administration as to why there was no early voting available this past weekend, as most other counties had their polls open. In response, the office informed us since it was not required by law, they did not have to do so. Turnout was also expected to be extremely low (.0297% in Denton County as of 10/23), thus creating a large expense. Roughly, each vote was costing $25.

 

Typically, most of the cost of voting is incurred by the Texas Secretary of State's office and redistributed to counties in need of reimbursement. We hope state legislators are paying attention to this. Our ancient ways of amending the TX Constitution for every little item is costing the state taxpayers and counties more time and more money that could be put to better use elsewhere.