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Dallas County officials warn of potentially noncompliant precinct maps, scramble to secure polling sites before early voting
Summary
County elections staff and commissioners flagged dozens of potential precinct-map violations on the Republican submission and said last-minute polling-location ‘declinations’ (12 reported) are forcing rapid logistical work ahead of early voting.
County commissioners and elections officials on Feb. 9 warned that last-minute polling-site ‘declinations’ and divergent precinct maps submitted by the parties could put parts of the county out of compliance with state election rules ahead of the primary.
A presenter who reviewed side-by-side Republican and Democratic maps told commissioners the Republican map appears to violate multiple state rules for precinct consolidation and for crossing major ("big six") district lines, listing roughly 72 precincts that cross those boundaries and noting one precinct that…
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