Concerns about safety at polling sites on school campuses have one presiding election judge paying for security out of her own pocket.
“This will be first time in several years that school will be in operation at same time polling going on. As we all know past 2 years, unfortunately there have been a lot of security issues at public schools,” said Olga Lara, who will serve as presiding judge for the voting location at Roberts Elementary school on November 8.
“Given the traffic flow pattern at that particular school, my concern is that there are too many opportunities for people to go outside and away from the actual polling classroom and down other halls and accessing other portions of the school. I need to make sure all of my election staff is actually processing voters and not necessarily monitor the hallways,” Lara said.
She paid $500 to have a Harris County Precinct 1 Deputy Constable at Roberts for ten hours on election day. Both the Harris County Democratic and Republican party chairs said they were sympathetic to Lara’s worries but said it raised additional concerns.
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