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Tarrant County’s respected elections chief, Heider Garcia, is leaving his job because he feels he can’t run nonpartisan elections with Tim O’Hare as county judge.
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The Tuesday meeting follows the resignation of Heider Garcia, who has served as Tarrant County’s election administrator since 2018. Garcia will leave the county June 23. County Judge Tim O’Hare said the commission will discuss posting the job description on both state and national job boards.
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Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia announced his resignation this week, citing a meeting with County Judge Tim O’Hare as the reason.
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Elections Administrator Heider Garcia said in his resignation letter that he would not compromise his values, and must leave his job.
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ERIC uses confidential data, including driver’s license information, to ensure voter registration information is up-to-date in all member states.
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The Fort Worth Report will hold its own forums Wednesday and Thursday this week.
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Dallas County's elections department looked at turnout and travel data and held weeks of meeting with community groups to arrive at a reduced number of vote centers.
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Acting Texas secretary of state John Scott resigned earlier this week. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that he would nominate longtime state Sen. Jane Nelson from Flower Mound to replace him. The quick turnover of secretaries of state in Texas is unusual, especially since the office oversees the state's elections.
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In announcing his third run for president, Donald Trump said Gov. Greg Abbott called to congratulate him for winning “every single area along the border.” Democrats won many of those counties in 2016 and 2020.
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He vowed that he would ensure the will of the voters was honored, and, if elected, he would reunite a deeply divided state.
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Accusations of “grooming” — or falsely equating LGBTQ+ people with sexual abusers — are cropping up in this election cycle and across the national political landscape.
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An auction of works from more than 50 Texas artists raised over $81,000. The artists say their work speaks to the political moment.