It’s definitely disheartening and anger-inducing when republicans try to make the process a lot harder than needs to be for their own ends. 

The process: In Texas during the primaries the law says that the state doesn’t set the conditions for a how county organizes its election agreements between both parties. Usually both parties will sign an    Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that states both republicans and democrats can use  any voting place the voter chooses in the county. This agreement was not signed in this case and so democrats had to vote at their specific precinct locations where they live and or how it’s assigned. So people were turned away after not fully being informed. 

Criticism for the local democrat party leaders: Is they did a bad job of informing folks and holding the republicans to the standard that is set in most counties. Hopefully that is a lesson learned. 

In terms of voting precinct location confusion: This was deliberate ploy to disenfranchise but also insert chaos in what would be a smooth process. 

 

Please use this as a time to get engaged rather than disconnect from the process. 

Please fill out the link  for voting complaints if today you had: 

\-went to a different voting place after being told you couldn’t vote there

\-If you were told you needed to go somewhere else and didn’t have time to follow up 

\-You saw the news and decided not go to vote

  share this with 5 people friends and family and ask them to do the same. 

Why do these reports matter, republicans will look to use cases like these to justify the “big lie “there is so much imaginary dysfunction that we need to further restrict the process .This can can be used as evidence to refute any outlandish claims in court. 

Note: I am not an election worker so please direct any questions to Dallas County. 

Today’s Democratic Primary voter disenfranchisement