Elections Office recognizing National Voter Registration Day
(Seguin) – Today is National Voter Registration Day. Helping to ensure that you are ready and prepared to head to the polls this Nov. 2 is Guadalupe County Elections Administrator Lisa Hayes. Hayes says this holiday serves as a reminder to voters to register so they can exercise their right to vote on Election Day.
Hayes says in celebration of National Voter Registration Day, the Guadalupe County Elections Offices in Seguin and Schertz will open early and close later to afford you — the voter — the flexibility to register today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“A lot of voters want to come out. They want to vote. They want to make their voices heard and that makes us so happy because we are essentially putting a party for 113,000 people and we want as many as possible to come out and vote but an absolute crucial step to the voting process is to register to vote. The benefit of today being National Voter Registration Day is it is a reminder to the voters that ‘hey, you all need to come out to register to vote in order to actually come out and vote.’ And, we are always happy to have voters come in and register no matter what time of the year it is so to make that easier, what we are doing is we are opening early and staying open late. We are mirroring election day hours. We are going to be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. So, if there are voters out there who work 8 to 5 and who can’t get to the election office during their work hours, well now, we are going to stay open today from 7 to 7 so voters can stop in on their way to work. They can stop in on their way home, register to vote and get that taken care of so they are good to go when we start early voting on Oct. 18. It’s just on this day. This is the holiday and that’s what we are going to do in celebration of the holiday. We are going to be here from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and we’ll be getting our voters registered so they can come out to the polls,” said Hayes.
Hayes says National Voter Registration Day is a civic holiday geared toward celebrating our democracy in a nonpartisan manner. Timed to precede the voter registration deadline of Oct. 4, 2021, for the November 2, 2021, election,
In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, Hayes says the Guadalupe County Elections Offices, in Seguin and Schertz, will be open for extended hours to afford voters the flexibility to register from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“If voters would like to call and check on their registration status, they can call us at 830-303-6363, or go to the Texas Secretary of State’s website VOTETEXAS.GOV and check their registration status online,” said Hayes.
Hayes says her office is committed to doing all that it can to not only remind voters but to ensure that they are ready.
“Early Voting for the November 2, 2021, Constitutional Amendment Election begins on Oct. 18, 2021, and runs through Oct. 29, 2021. The Early Voting Schedule and locations are available on the Guadalupe County Elections website. Sample ballots can be picked up at either Elections Office. They will also be available on our website by the end of the week. Voters can expect to see eight Constitutional Amendments on their ballot, as well as races for any local entities in which the voter resides that are holding elections,” said Hayes.
The addresses for the county’s elections offices include 215 S. Milam in Seguin and 1101 Elbel in Schertz.