Tarrant County court clears room during voting-site reduction hearing
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During a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting about proposed reductions to Election Day and early voting sites for the November midterms, County Judge Tim O’Hare ordered attendees to leave after some audience members clapped; former state representative Lon Burnam was carried out in deputies’ custody and later arrested. The plan would shrink Election Day sites to 176 (about a 45% drop from 316 in 2022) and early-voting sites to 42 (from 50). Protesters chanted as deputies cleared the chamber; after a recess, speakers were allowed back in one at a time with warnings of further arrests for disruptions. This is a developing story.
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