Under the existing system, the county each year receives a list compiled by the Secretary of State's office that includes registered voters and Department of Public Safety driver's license holders in Nueces County, said Court Administrator Anne Hunkapiller. Once a person serves, he should not be called again that year, she said. And if he is called a second time, he can be excused. But each year, the county receives a new list, so it's possible that a person could be called each year, she said. Under the proposed system, the county would receive a new list every three years.
State law allows counties to ask the state for a new list every one, two or three years.
Registered voters can check with the Nueces County Voter Registration office to be sure that the listings appear the same, he said. I think they need to go through the whole list. All rights reserved.