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Melon

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7. They've done this before. It happened to me in the last presidential voting in Dallas.

Reply to Coventina (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:15 PM

17 hrs ago

The line becomes too long, so a polling person stops new people from entering the line after 7pm. This is correct. Anyone in line can vote. This doesn’t disenfranchise anybody. The polls close at 7pm. I voted last presidential 45 minutes after polls officially closed.

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Holy fucking shit! Republicans are pure evil!!!! [View all] Coventina 17 hrs ago OP

Huh? Zero info. How? Melon 17 hrs ago #1

Supreme court of Texas has paused the extended voting hours a previous judge ordered Coventina 17 hrs ago #3

They've done this before. It happened to me in the last presidential voting in Dallas. Melon 17 hrs ago #7

Sorry, I wasn't clear. A judge ordered the polls stay open 2 extra hours until 9pm Coventina 17 hrs ago #8

FFS vapor2 17 hrs ago #9

Dallas county had an unpublicized rule change Bettie 17 hrs ago #5

Yes they are. SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #2

The republicans would rather run against Crockett. They could more directly weaponize racism and sexism. Marcuse 16 hrs ago #14

Link from the TX Supreme Court In It to Win It 17 hrs ago #4

Thanks!! Coventina 17 hrs ago #6

Ken Paxton's slimy, filthy hands all over this ... Greywing 17 hrs ago #10

Ridiculous. Neither Cornyn or Paxton were ever going to get 50% of the vote Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #12

I stand corrected on republican primary numbers. But Ken Paxton was involved in the Dallas Greywing 16 hrs ago #13

Literally every Republican on the planet could vanish, and nothing of value would be lost. Orrex 16 hrs ago #11

With Trump and his constant claims of voter fraud, Republicans in several areas of Texas made a push to require Election summer_in_TX 15 hrs ago #15