# @move_texas on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CkuJOI2oCyz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16477415-move-texas-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-11-09T01:01:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** MOVE Texas (@MOVE_texas) — https://gondola.cc/MOVE_texas

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On Election Night, a polling location at Texas State University experienced a malfunction of five voting machines out of eight. This has caused wait times of four hours or more and more concerningly we have received reports of poll volunteers turning students away.

In response, MOVE Texas is coordinating last minute transportation for voters at this location to be shuttled from campus to another voting center. This is the same polling location where, in 2019, the county tried to remove the voting center altogether. After MOVE Texas and other advocates threatened litigation, the polling location remained on the campus. 

MOVE Texas Action Fund Executive Director Claudia Yoli Ferla issued the following statement:

“The energy we are seeing among young voters throughout Texas is palpable. Young people are showing up to have their voices heard in this election, and we’re committed to making sure that they have the opportunity to do so. 

“Unfortunately our election system is not meeting this energy. It is unacceptable that Texas State students have to face these problems election after election. Most immediately, we will coordinate rides for students to a nearby polling location and back, to ensure these voters are not prevented from having a say in our democracy. 

“But we will return and demand answers from the county about these continuing issues on campus. And we will again remind the Governor that these problems are only getting worse since he signed his radical anti-voter legislation which took effect earlier this year. Nonetheless, our organizers and activists are navigating these challenges with resourcefulness, tenacity, and sheer determination."

 #Texas #ElectionDay #VotingRights #Election #Vote #YouthVote #VoteReady  #votersuppression  #studentvote #studentvotes #studentvoters  #txst #txstate

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youthvote, vote, studentvote, electionday, txst, texas, election, votersuppression, txstate, votingrights, voteready, studentvoters, studentvotes

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