Voting

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

Latinos helped Texas Democrats set the new record for a primary, but the state has been a white whale for the party for decades.

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."

Elections officials said a “poorly designed” state government form led to an unexpected and inaccurate jump in the numbers.

Denton County’s primary turnout diverged from statewide trends in the March 3 elections. While Democrats cast more ballots statewide, Republicans narrowly led locally. Overall turnout reached 25.6%, with Democratic participation surging compared with recent primaries.

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.

An order extending polling site hours was quickly blocked, leaving some Dallas County residents unable to vote.

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.