Panic ensued after 92 polling locations were shut down in Tarrant County just weeks before the midterms, leaving Community and advocacy groups in the area making last-minute attempts to rally voters to the polls.
Dozens of early and Election Day polling locations were shut down weeks before the 2026 midterms, after the county’s five-member Commissioner’s Court voted to cut a number of polling locations in September. The number was cut from 316 in the 2022 midterm elections to 224 this year, sparking anger within the community.
Tarrant County is the largest county in Texas, and President Donald Trump won it in the 2024 presidential election with 51.86% of the vote, according to state election data. However, Joe Biden won the county in the 2020 presidential election with 49.31% of the vote.
The court proposal was backed by three Republicans, who claimed the poll sites were underutilized, but it was rejected by the two Democrats…