Dallas County Voting Snags: Precinct vs Countywide, Purged Voters

0:00It's April 21st. This is Dallas News Today. AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. Dallas County is wrestling with two major voting snags ahead of the upcoming elections. First, Republicans are clashing over how to handle their late-May runoff votes, stick with precinct-only spots, or go county-wide. Second, living Democrats keep getting scrubbed from the voter rolls after the state marks them as dead. Back in the March 26 primary, the GOP's push for precinct voting sparked widespread confusion. Some sites were party-specific, others mixed, and website labels from the county and secretary of state just made it worse. Alan West announced a switch to county-wide voting before he resigned as chair. Now some party members want to flip back to precincts, but elections administrator Paul Adams told commissioners it's too late. With only 35 days until the May 2 joint election, preparations are locked in. That joint ballot packs heat, including Dallas Independence School District's massive bond.

1:02The biggest in Texas history and key Dallas area rabid, transit votes in three cities. Meanwhile, activists Domingo Garcia and another Democrat got purged despite being alive and kicking. The county reinstated one voter, only for the state to remove him again. Adams halted all purges county-wide, pending a full probe into why this keeps happening.