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Dallas County GOP changes voting set-up for Paxton, Cornyn runoff after primary confusion
After precinct-based voting caused confusion and thousands of voters being turned away in March, the Dallas GOP will use countywide sites for the May 26 runoff to reduce disruption.
- On Tuesday, Dallas County Republican Party confirmed it will revert to countywide voting for the May 26 runoff after chaos caused by precinct-based sites, with Allen West saying he will sign an amended contract this week.
- On March 3, precinct-based voting produced mass confusion at polling locations, leading to extended hours and at least 1,756 Dallas County Democratic Party voters casting late ballots that weren’t counted.
- Republican leaders had pushed precinct operations with separate poll workers and voting equipment, but county officials spent $1 million and deployed navigators to guide redirected voters.
- Early voting will be countywide and runs May 18 through May 22, with county election officials controlling the period, while Paul Adams urged restoring countywide voting, and Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder said Republicans are scrambling to undo the damage they caused.
- In the state’s second-most populous county, the switch affects high-profile U.S. Senate and House primary runoffs after centralized countywide voting was standard for more than 20 years.
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Dallas County GOP changes voting set-up for Paxton, Cornyn runoff after primary confusion
The Dallas County Republican Party (DCRP) is rolling back a change to its voting setup that led to voter confusion and disruptions during Texas primary elections earlier this month. Dallas County’s GOP used a precinct-based system in the March 3 primaries, meaning Democrats and Republicans had to cast ballots at specific neighborhood locations on Election…
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