Cecilia Lenzen | Fort Worth Report
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‘Significant increase’ in rejected mail-in ballot report for Tarrant County an error, officials saidElections officials said a “poorly designed” state government form led to an unexpected and inaccurate jump in the numbers.
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County officials are unsure how much the audit cost, more than three weeks after it wrapped.
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Tuesday’s elections saw 25% more Democratic voters than Republican ones. Democrats want to keep the momentum; Republicans hope to match it.
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County commissioners launched a mid-decade redistricting effort in the summer, with County Judge Tim O’Hare admitting the move was to make the precinct easier for Republicans to win.
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The results point to an O’Hare-Simmons election in November for the county judge seat that could be one of the most crucial races in Tarrant County.
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The county elections office doesn’t have the 2,000 clerks needed to staff Election Day voting sites.
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The state authorized a hand-counted audit of all 95,000 ballots cast in the high-profile Texas Senate District 9 runoff.
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Three Democrats and two Republicans are running to represent southeast and southwest Tarrant County.
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Hundreds of people from across the country attended the monks’ welcome festivities in the Historic Stop Six neighborhood.
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Briefings about deaths in Tarrant County’s jail won’t be allowed during the commissioners’ public meetings.
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The Tarrant County jail has 388 inmates with a federal immigration hold, officials said Tuesday.
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Local party leaders disagree on what Taylor Rehmet’s Texas Senate win foreshadows for 2026.