Commissioners sit during a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting Aug. 4 in Fort Worth.
On Tuesday, Tarrant County commissioners will consider whether to approve 224 potential Election Day and 47 early voting polling sites for the Nov. 3 midterm election.
The newly proposed plan has 48 more Election Day voting sites than last meeting’s plan but 92 less than the 2022 midterm election. The new proposal also has five more early voting locations than last meeting’s plan but three less than the 2022 election.
The adjustments came after almost 7 ½ hours of debate during an Aug. 4 commissioners meeting, the removal of audience members from the chambers and the arrest of former state lawmaker Lon Burnam.
Over 100 people packed the chambers, and a majority urged commissioners to reject the proposal.
If passed, the previous proposal would have reduced early voting sites from 50 to 42 and Election Day sites from 316 to 176, compared to the 2022 midterm.
During the meeting, commissioners questioned Clinton Ludwig, Tarrant County elections administrator, for not reaching out to them when determining the number of voting sites.
“You got no community input, no party input. No nothing,” Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons said during the meeting.
The debate over voting sites is not new.
In August 2025, the commissioners gathered for a similar vote, citing cost-saving measures and low voter turnout as reasons for reducing the number of voting sites. During that meeting, they voted 3-2 in favor of the changes, with Simmons and Precinct 1 Commissioner Roderick Miles Jr. in opposition, according to previous Shorthorn reporting.
The meeting for the new proposal is set to begin at 10 a.m. at the Tarrant County Administration Building.
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