Dallas attorney and politician Domingo Garcia is sounding the alarm about potential voter suppression now that he’s received a letter from Dallas County Elections telling him that his own voter registration has been canceled.
The letter, signed by Dallas County Elections Administrator Paul Adams, says Garcia’s voter registration is canceled as of April 10, 2026.
The letter cites Section 16.031(a) of the Texas Election Code, which, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, includes registrations canceled due to death or mental incapacity, or someone identified as registered to vote in a different county or state.
Garcia says he has been told that the state informed Dallas County that he was dead.
“I sent a letter requesting that I have a hearing over the next 10 days to prove that I’m alive and that I should be reinstated,” Garcia told WFAA. “You know, too many people have fought. And whether it was women during suffrage or Hispanics and Blacks through the civil rights movement to have that right to vote and for it to be just taken away, via letter, that’s just not right. And we’re going to make sure it doesn’t happen to me, and it does happen to any other Texan or American.”
“And I’m just wondering how many other votes are getting these letters without the proper protocol,” Garcia said. “And we’re just trying to get the word out in case other people are facing similar problems like mine.”
He says several people have contacted him after his social media post, indicating that they are in similar situations.
Garcia says he has voted in every election since 1976, when he was 18 years old, and voted in the most recent March primaries. WFAA has reached out to Dallas County Elections and the Secretary of State’s Office for comment.