The Brief
- A Tarrant County judge denied a temporary injunction request that would have blocked the county from closing nearly 100 polling sites for this November’s midterm elections.
- Tarrant County Commissioners voted 3-2 in September to approve reducing the polling locations, pointing to low turnout at now-closed sites along with taxpayer savings.
- Critics say the reductions add travel burdens for the minority communities they were in. Proponents denied race was a factor in the move.
FORT WORTH, Texas – More than 100 previous polling sites in Tarrant County will remain closed after a judge blocked an effort to keep them open for the upcoming midterm elections.
Tarrant County polling site fight
What we know:
Tarrant County Judge Pat Gallagher denied a temporary injunction request that would have kept 92 polling locations in the county open.…