{"id":6687,"date":"2024-02-12T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=6687"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:41:06","slug":"elections-official-explains-how-the-primaries-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/elections-official-explains-how-the-primaries-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections official explains how the primaries work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pete Mendoza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Early-Voting-copy-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Early-Voting-copy-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Early-Voting-copy-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Early-Voting-copy-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Early-Voting-copy-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Early-Voting-copy-2048x1170.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Early-Voting-Final_mixdown-copy.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As early voting for the March 5 primaries approaches, some students say they do not understand how the process for that election works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Art education senior Samantha Ramos says the concept of the primaries was not clear to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how the primaries work,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cI\u2019ve never understood how everything kind of works. You vote for one or the other. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve always seen it but I know it\u2019s way more complicated than that\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Education junior Kennia Gonzalez says she does not really know anything about the primary election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI was just going to see if they came on campus or google it later,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cI think I know the days, but I just knew the last day to register was Feb. 5.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cameron County Elections Administrator Remi Garza explains what the primaries are and how they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cEach party is responsible for holding an election to find out which individuals they\u2019re going to send to the November ballot so that when people vote in the general election in November, they\u2019re making their choices between the parties\u2019 candidates,\u201d Garza said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He says Texas has an open primary, meaning if voters chose one party in a previous election, they are allowed to choose a different party in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garza adds Cameron County will have 19 different polling locations, including the Interdisciplinary Academic Building on the UTRGV Brownsville campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He advises Cameron County voters to look at the Elections Department sample ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201c We want to encourage people to look at those sample ballots,\u201d Garza said. \u201cThat way you can review who the candidates are so that when you go into the polling place, if you\u2019ve already made your choices, you can do so quickly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Voters must bring an appropriate form of identification, which can be a driver\u2019s license, an election certificate, passport or an alternate form of identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garza encourages student voters to give themselves plenty of time to arrive at a polling location to be able to cast their votes. Students must make sure to vote in the county they are registered in with the possibility of casting their ballot at any of the polling stations in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 20 to 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 24 to 25, and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 26 to March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about voting, visit cameroncountytx.gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Pete Mendoza for Vaquero Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Mendoza As early voting for the March 5 primaries approaches, some students say they do not understand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":6688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[606,75,42,26,612],"class_list":["post-6687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio","tag-606","tag-elections","tag-students","tag-utrgv","tag-vote"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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