More Than 1,000 Voters Were Turned Away Tuesday. 'Total Chaos' in Dallas Raises Alarms of Worsening Voter Suppression.
As if election nights weren’t stressful enough, more than 1,000 voters were reportedly turned away from polling locations in Dallas on Tuesday.
That count — from Kardal Coleman, the chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party, via the New York Times — was only through the afternoon. By the evening it had devolved to “mass confusion,” a Dallas County judge said in an order extending voting by two hours. But before that time was up, the Texas Supreme Court put the extension on hold, and the Dallas Morning News reported that more voters were turned away.
The chaos all stemmed from a change made by Republicans weeks ago — and is cause for alarm ahead of the general election in November.
I am a resident of Travis County. One of the many great things I get to enjoy as an Austinite is county-wide voting. I have the luxury of casting my ballot at the polling location of my choosing — whether it’s by my friend’s house, my H-E-B, or my wife’s office.
For years, residents of Williamson County and Dallas County have enjoyed that perk as well. That is, until the Republican parties there declined to participate in county-wide voting — meaning the Democratic county parties had to follow suit, according to state law. Residents could only vote at their assigned precinct polling place based on their address.
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