Republican officials were set to vote on a plan Tuesday to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in a major Texas battleground county that has shifted blue in recent years. They also planned to cut eight early voting locations, some on college campuses.

GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrageThe plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voterswww.democracydocket.com