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Tarrant County commissioners on Nov. 11 formally canvassed and certified the results of the Nov. 4 constitutional amendment vote and the Senate District 9 special election.
Elections Administrator Clint Ludwig explained canvassing certifies the final official totals after provisional and overseas ballots are reviewed and the ballot board finalizes counts. "Canvassing the vote is certifying the official results," he told the court, explaining the post‑election review process for provisional and absentee ballots.
Several members of the public used the meeting's public‑comment period to criticize the court's decision to reduce about 100 polling locations ahead of Nov. 4. Amy Super and other speakers described long lines that day — "people waiting in line for 45 minutes to an hour" — and urged the court to expand polling sites for future elections. State Representative Vicki Goodwin also urged the court to reconsider the reduction and expand polling locations for 2026.
Elections staff and a former ballot‑board presiding judge urged people to consult the county elections website for precinct and polling‑place information; staff said a redistricting information page and QR code were being distributed in multiple languages for public outreach.
The canvasses were approved by the court: the constitutional amendment canvass and the Senate District 9 special election canvass both passed unanimously. The court also cast county votes for the Tarrant Appraisal District board (that motion passed 3–1 with one abstention).
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