With early voting just days away, a late shuffle of polling places has turned the Alamo Colleges District 9 runoff into a scramble. Finalists Robert Garcia and Carolyn DeLecour are racing to alert voters after two Northside library locations were dropped from the early-voting lineup, a move they say could shrink already thin turnout in a race separated by single digits.
Runoff schedule and current vote centers
The District 9 runoff for the Alamo Colleges board is set for Saturday, June 13, with early voting scheduled for June 1–9, according to Alamo Colleges. The district’s posted early-voting centers now list San Antonio College’s Victory Center, Northeast Lakeview College and Hope Church as the sites where District 9 voters can cast ballots.
Candidates say voters were left scrambling
Garcia, a public accountant, told the San Antonio Report that “having pulled Encino and Tobin libraries - those are top voting locations,” adding that the last-minute changes could tamp down turnout. DeLecour said her campaign was suddenly forced into damage-control mode, rushing to fix printed materials after learning of the changes just days before early voting begins.
Why the sites were moved
Bexar County Elections Administrator Michele Carew told the same outlet that the Northside library sites were removed because of summer-reading events, and that one alternative venue later declined to host voters. “Once we were informed, we updated the district and posted voting locations online,” she said, per the San Antonio Report.
Why small differences matter
The first round drew 5,271 total votes, with Garcia receiving 1,536 and DeLecour 1,530, a six-vote difference that forced the runoff, according to Alamo Colleges. With only the Alamo Colleges contest on the June 13 ballot for District 9, officials had already expected turnout to be light, heightening worries that fewer convenient polling options could have an outsized impact.
How to find your polling place
Only residents of Alamo Colleges’ single-member District 9 can vote in the runoff. Bexar County lists the full schedule and hours for early voting, along with a map of every open site. For the posted schedule and site details, see the early-voting calendar and map from Bexar County Elections.
Both Garcia and DeLecour say they will keep pushing their neighbors to the polls despite the shakeup, arguing that in a contest this close every vote, and every easy-to-reach polling place, matters. Elections officials say they are updating postings as venues confirm availability, and voters with questions can contact the Bexar County Elections Office to double-check hours and locations.
