The San Antonio Report’s much-lauded Voter Information is a favourite amongst readers, a staple of our civic engagement efforts and a labor of affection for our workers.
Over time, it’s grown and altered in some ways to higher assist San Antonians navigate complicated elections.
Immediately, we couldn’t be prouder of this newest evolution: We’ve prolonged the 2025 Voter Information farther than ever down the poll to profile 38 faculty board candidates and three main bond elections voters will weigh in on Could 3.
We realized early on when creating guides like this that the profiles of lesser-known candidates could be simply as widespread as these working in high-profile races, just because there aren’t very many locations voters in search of info can go to examine them.
Final 12 months we additionally found how a lot our readers care about what some may historically think about lower-interest elections just like the Bexar Appraisal District board seats, and particularly, the off-year North East ISD faculty board races.
Figuring out what a service the Voter Information is to readers, and the way a lot they care about public schooling, this 12 months our newsroom needed to increase our typical voter information to incorporate candidates working for college board in seven Bexar County-area unbiased faculty districts — a significant funding of time and sources for our small workers.
The information function profiles of races in San Antonio ISD, Northside ISD, Alamo Heights ISD, Comal ISD, Judson ISD, Medina Valley ISD and Southwest ISD.
We additionally put collectively informational guides for the bond elections taking place within the Alamo Faculties District, Floresville ISD and East Central ISD. This was notably vital work for our nonpartisan newsroom, contemplating how political faculty bonds have change into lately.
Training reporter Xochilt Garcia tracked down contact info for the various candidates and hard-to-find particulars about polling areas in class districts that cross county strains, which was a ceremony of passage for one of many latest members of our passionate newsroom.
Andrea Drusch, who authored nearly all of our 2025 Voter Information, helped steer the challenge and get it over the end line, with some minor planning and questionnaire assist from our enhancing crew.
We all know that in an election season, determining what to anticipate once you get to the poll field could be a troublesome job.
In 2025, we’ve finished our greatest to offer readers a transparent image of what info they are going to and received’t have, and encourage everybody to plan forward after they go to vote. Paper notes are allowed within the voting sales space, whereas telephones and tablets will not be.
For those who’re a Bexar County voter, I encourage you to spend a while with the schooling pages of our information as you put together your vote. Early voting begins April 22.
For a lot of of those faculty board races, the winner on election day will take the race — in contrast to within the mayoral and Metropolis Council races, which might function runoffs. All that to say, your vote this Could 3 election might be additional vital!
To view our full 2025 Voter Information, click on right here.
