US EditionRule Change on Polling Locations Leaves Texas Primary Voters Confused
Local Republican parties ended countywide voting, forcing precinct-only ballots and causing hundreds of voters to be turned away, with legal challenges and poll extensions following.
- On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court, acting after requests from the Texas attorney general's office, stayed both decisions in Dallas County, Texas and Williamson County, Texas amid voting confusion.
- Returning to precinct-based voting forced election offices to retool after local Republican parties in Dallas and Williamson counties opted out of countywide vote centers, as state law requires both parties' agreement.
- Signs, texts and former poll workers tried to redirect confused voters, but the Dallas County Elections Department received hundreds of calls and county election websites and electronic check-in systems faltered.
- A Dallas County judge ordered extended voting hours for Democratic precincts until 9 p.m., with ballots cast after 7 p.m. to be separated, pending final rulings.
- The disruption threatened a closely watched Democratic U.S. Senate primary, and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett's campaign said it would sue, calling the change an "effort to suppress the vote" that could complicate Democrats' prospects later this year.
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Williamson County Democratic and Republican parties blaming each other over voter confusion
Earlier this year, the county moved away from its previous system of countywide voting on Election Day. Because primaries in Texas are run by political parties, the Williamson County GOP opted for precinct‑based voting, which legally required the Democratic Party to follow the same model.
In ominous sign, Texas Republicans changed voting rules, then blocked efforts to protect voters
Baffled Texans in two counties struggled to find their polling locations for primary voting Tuesday after a GOP-driven change. The secretary of state’s office failed to provide accurate information. Texas’ Republican attorney general sued to oppose extended voting hours for those confused voters. And the GOP-controlled state Supreme Court quickly ruled in its favor.
Dem warns Texas GOP's 'terrible tactics' will cost them votes after watching poll chaos
WASHINGTON — Following her high-stakes Senate primary loss, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) delivered a defiant statement, doubling down on allegations of voter suppression while pointedly refusing to fade into the political background.Speaking to Raw Story on Wednesday in the immediate aftermath of he...
Accusations of 'voter suppression’ get loud as Democratic voters are being turned away from polls
Democratic voters in Texas have been left scrambling to get to the correct polling station after sneaky changes pushed by Republicans changed how voting would work during the primaries. Footage of Democratic voters being turned away from polling stations has led to claims of “voter suppression” due to the confusing switch up. Many voters were not allowed to go to the same polling stations they had in the past and it’s suspected that the change m…
Change in primary voting rules leads to confusion in Texas as voters are turned away
A rule change for primary voting in two Texas counties created mass confusion Tuesday that eventually led to a state Supreme Court ruling, threats of more legal action and the potential that an untold number of voters could find themselves disenfranchised.
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