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Texas State students have not had an on-campus polling location on Election Day in the past, nor can they expect one in the future.
Joyce Cowan, Hays County elections administrator, said issues of legality and convenience are the cause.
Voters must cast their ballot at a designated polling location according to their precinct on Election Day.
Texas State is part of several precincts because of its size, which by law can only contain 5,000 citizens, Cowan said. A polling location on campus would not meet ADA requirements, she said.
All eyes are on the San Marcos Observing System as the proposed project becomes a reality.
The Observing System is essentially a continuous monitoring project of the San Marcos River. Various aspects will be under constant surveillance because of this new project, said Thomas Hardy, research professor at the River Systems Institute.
The Texas State Admissions office has been making lots of new friends lately.
Kaplan, a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, conducted a test prep and admissions survey, which said that out of 401 of the nation’s top colleges and universities, 21 percent are developing policies to help them use social networking sites, like Facebook, in the admissions process.
Texas State is participating in the growing social networking trend.
Economic hardships are not affecting San Marcos as immensely as other cities, said Mayor Susan Narvaiz.
Narvaiz spoke at the fifth annual “State of the City” address at the City of San Marcos Conference Center.
Attendees varied from a representative for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson to a spokesperson for a group of elementary school children.Narvaiz discussed San Marcos’ past actions, recent accomplishments and goals for the future.
