Voting

In addition to Dallas, several smaller cities in Dallas County filled city council seats, including a Garland mayor.

Garland voters will decide between former City Council members Dylan Hedrick and Deborah Morris in this weekend's runoff election.

Voters will decide city council runoff races from the May local elections in several cities in which no candidate got more than half of the votes.

Several residents, led by a former advisory board member removed for her social media posts, are launching a recall effort against Place 3 City Council member Paula Garcia, who has not responded to the effort.

A total of 42,353 Denton County voters cast a ballot in the joint election on May 3 this year. Denton County has 614,020 registered voters, putting turnout at just 6.9%.

The Texas House is considering a bill to abolish May elections, which have the lowest turnout of any election.

In a county of 1.28 million registered voters, 4.95%, or about 63,000 people, have voted early, either in person or by mail, ahead of the May 3 election.

Fewer than 5% of all registered county voters cast ballots during early voting April 22-29.

Dallas County chose a new vendor because the previous one was decertified for use in Texas following software glitches during the November voter check-in process.

County leaders voted Tuesday to eliminate some voting precincts and split others up, but Elections Administrator Clint Ludwig said those changes won't impact elections.

County commissioners are expected to authorize 2-year, up to $7.6 million contract with KNOWiNK, LLC.

Dallas County commissioners are scheduled to discuss which electronic poll book vendor to choose for upcoming elections.