UTA students march to polls after on-campus voting site eliminated

UTA students protest closed voting polls as wait times soar in several Tarrant County areas

Students at the University of Texas at Arlington on Wednesday protested Tarrant County’s decision to remove 92 polling sites this year as complaints over voter line wait times increase. The students marched from the campus to the Tarrant County subcourthouse polling site, which had a wait time over 45 minutes, according to the county’s own website. An organizer of the protest, Emeri Callaway, called the county’s move “voter suppression.” “For to…

UTA students march to polls after on-campus voting site eliminated

"It's very important for us to just show a message and actually show that we never give up no matter the circumstance," said Emmanuel Hernandez.

Voting barriers for college students - Open Campus

The Dispatch Sign up for our newsletter about the role of higher ed in society The midterm elections are just days away. Millions of Americans have already voted.  I wanted to highlight some of the election-related coverage from across our network here at Open Campus. Two of our reporters, Jacob Biba at NC Local and Dang Le at the Fort Worth Report, highlighted ways college students in their states could face barriers to voting this year. Commun…

UTA students protest closed voting polls as wait times soar in several TarrantCounty areas