Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Protecting polls or destroying democracy?

Protecting polls or destroying democracy?

Nate Henneke, Staff Writer April 25, 2023

For as long as the United States government has been around, it has always been a democracy doing the best it can to protect our democratic ways of life. Maintaining equal access to political elections...

Fox pays $787 million: a small price for defaming America

Fox pays $787 million: a small price for defaming America

Tim Woolard, Contributor April 25, 2023

On Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters forced their way into the U.S. Capitol to halt the certification of a fair and free election, they donned campaign T-shirts, chanted slogans, swore oaths, waved flags, raised...

A new bill introduced in the Texas Legislature proposes banning college campuses as polling sites for elections.

‘It signals to me that they don’t want us to vote’

Gauri Raje, News Editor February 28, 2023
New bill introduced in Texas Legislature proposes banning universities as designated polling sites
Attacking the youth vote

Attacking the youth vote

Editorial Board February 28, 2023
Texas Legislature considering new voting restrictions for college campuses
Rights wrongfully revoked: Let felons vote

Rights wrongfully revoked: Let felons vote

Nate Henneke, Staff Writer September 13, 2022

Every citizen of the United States should have the right to vote in government elections regardless of their past actions. Felons have lost this right. In the United States, going to prison and becoming...

Illustration by Alex Hanks

Everything is bigger in Texas-including voter suppression

Bella Nieto, News Editor April 30, 2021

I have issues with a majority of the members of the Texas legislature - they perplex me to say the least. I have issues with the federal legislature too, but that is a separate conversation. In particular,...

Photo by Robyn Castro

From the Sombrilla to the polls, Roadrunners must cast their vote in the 2020 election

Editorial Board October 30, 2020

Tuesday is the last day to cast your vote and have your voice represented in our electorate. If you haven’t voted yet, Tuesday is it. Do not leave any stone unturned, and when this is all said and done,...

A march against voter suppression.

Muffled voices: voter suppression in 2018

Adrianne Kristianto November 14, 2018

Registering was easy. Showing up to the county election department and casting a vote was another story altogether. Texas was ranked 45th in voter registration and dead last in voter turnout in 2014. The...

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