Voting

Dallas County has approved 74 countywide vote centers for all voters, regardless of party affiliation, to cast ballots during early voting for the upcoming primary election.

Steve Cavender, a longtime resident and community leader, said fiscal responsibility was a core reason behind his campaign.

Primary Election Day is March 3, and early in-person voting is Feb. 17-27. Here's everything you'll need to know before going into the voting booth.

The Justice Department has asked states for their voter rolls with an eye toward purging ineligible voters. Democrats say sharing the data could violate federal election law.

Dallas County agreed to the local Republican Party's separate primary election contract, which cancels the county's 12-year joint elections effort.

Dallas County Republican Party chair Allen West says that challenges have caused the party to stop an effort to hand-count ballots in the March 3, 2026 primary election.

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.

Officials attribute the delays and other Election Day clerical errors to Texas’ recent overhaul of its voter registration system.

Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as a potential noncitizen, which led to his voter registration being canceled.

Under change promoted by Tarrant GOP, voters could cast ballots only in their own precinct rather than at county polling location of choice.

Paxton accuses nonprofit Jolt of an “unlawful voter registration scheme,” but a legal filing provided no evidence that it registers noncitizens to vote.

As of early Wednesday morning, initial results show big margins of approval for each of the items on the ballot.