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Tarrant County approves precinct consolidations and boundary adjustments after legal review
Summary
The commissioners unanimously approved combining unpopulated precincts and splitting overcrowded precincts to keep precinct voter rolls within statutory limits; public speakers urged caution and hearings over possible community impacts.
TARRANT COUNTY — The Tarrant County Commissioners Court on April 15 approved two election-administration items: combining precincts with no registered voters and adjusting precinct lines where voter counts approached statutory caps.
Elections staff described the work as routine post-redistricting maintenance required in odd-numbered years. Clint, an elections staff member, told the court the county must split precincts that exceed the statutory 5,000-registered-voter guideline and eliminate tiny, uninhabited…
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