BIG PLOT TWIST in TX: Tarrant County's GOP officials, faced with intense public outrage about huge cuts to the battleground county's polling locations in November, have decided to delay their final vote on the plan so more polling places can be added
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Jen Rice
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Lon Burnam, a former state lawmaker representing Tarrant County from 1997 to 2015, was carried out of the room by four sheriff deputies, who held him by his hands and feet: fortworthreport.org/2026/08/04/t...
This is what they're voting on today: bsky.app/profile/jenr...
Jen RiceThey're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
You can watch the Tarrant County meeting livestream today starting at 10am CT www.youtube.com/@TarrantCoun...
Notably, Tarrant County could see a *huge redistricting plot twist* in November. The GOP dismantled Tarrant County Commissioner Alisa Simmons' (D) district last year. Now she's running to unseat Tim O'Hare, the county judge who led the plan. Polls show they're TIED. quorumreport.com/quorum_repor...
Quorum Report: New poll shows statistical tie in the race for Tarrant County JudgeThe numbers show Democrat Alisa Simmons leading GOP incumbent Tim OHare on an informed ballotquorumreport.comTarrant County is a huge battleground county that matters a lot to state & national GOP www.democracydocket.com/analysis/top...