Bexar County is once again processing new voter registrations, after a months-long delay caused a backlog of 52,000 registrations to wait in limbo.

Early voting starts Oct. 20 for the Nov. 4 election .

Elections Administrator Michele Carew told reporters Monday that all outstanding applications will be processed before then, and new voters should receive their registration card in the mail before Election Day.

Bexar County is among a number of counties scrambling to move onto the state’s voter registration system, called TEAM, after a popular private vendor, Votec, could no longer do the work.

The transition has been rocky, however, because the Secretary of State’s office is rolling out a major update to its system at the same time it is absorbing the old Votec clients.

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