Republican Tarrant County judge sets vote on election sites while Democrats are away
Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has called a special meeting of the Commissioners Court to vote on modified lists of early voting sites on Thursday, as well as consider rescinding a decision that allows volunteers inside county buildings to register people to vote.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Roy Brooks and Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons — the only Democrats on the court — will be out of town on that day.
O’Hare and others on the court have known for over a month that Brooks and Simmons will be out of town on that day, Brooks said. The court approved their travel to Washington on Aug. 6 to attend an event for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
“I think it’s a pretty partisan and arrogant move on his part,” said Brooks, adding that the special meeting is a way to disenfranchise half of the residents in Tarrant County. “The optics are terrible, and the politics is even worse.”
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