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Confusion over where to vote plagued the March 3 primary election in Dallas County. Now the GOP wants to return to county-wide voting.

The virtual Fort Worth Report Newsmaker Q&A explored the political climate with local party chairs Tim Davis and Allison Campolo.

Dallas County Democrats have told the Texas Supreme Court that its initial request for a local judge to keep polls open late on primary Election Day is "moot."

The ballot board worked through the weekend and into Monday evening to review which of nearly 2,000 provisional ballots to accept or reject.

The Texas Supreme Court ordered the separation of nearly 2,000 ballots cast after 7 p.m. on Election Day in Dallas County. Whether those votes get counted in final results depends on the court's final ruling.

It may be a long time before votes cast after 7 p.m. in Tuesday's primary election are counted, or a decision is made that they will be excluded.

The move comes after a Dallas County judge signed an order to keep polls open two hours later after widespread confusion over where people could vote.

Dallas County Democratic voters have outpaced Republicans by nearly triple during the primary election early voting period from Feb. 17 to 27.

The changes, adopted last April and last December, could add at least a day to the time between when a mail-in ballot is sent and when it receives the postmark needed to be legally admissible.

If you’re new to town you still have a chance to cast your ballot in early voting… or at least part of it. Registered voters who move to a new Texas county are eligible for a limited ballot.

Dallas County primary elections have nearly 200 races and almost two dozen propositions on the Republican and Democratic ballots.

Pedra Geter filed to challenge Dallas County Precinct 4 commissioner Elba Garcia in the March 3 Democratic primary election, but Texas election code requires candidates to prove felony charges were pardoned to hold public office — which Geter did not.