Early Voters Waiting For Results As Many Texans Head To The Polls
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Election Day is here. People across the country are heading to the polls and at many locations in North Texas voters lined up early to cast their ballot in the 2018...
View ArticleTexas Secretary Of State Announces ‘Widespread Voter Fraud’ In 2018
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Texas Secretary of State David Whitley announced on Friday the results of a year-long investigation into voter fraud. Whitley said his office has identified 95,000...
View ArticleGroups Slam Texas After Voters’ Citizenship Questioned
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Civil rights groups are asking Texas officials to walk back a letter that questioned the citizenship of thousands of voters and prompted President Donald Trump to renew...
View ArticleDallas County Says State’s List Of ‘Non-Citizen Voters’ Is Wrong; US Citizens...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A list of non-citizen voters compiled by the state of Texas is shrinking by the day. Last Friday, the state claimed close to 100,000 non-citizens in Texas voted statewide. Dallas...
View ArticleCivil Rights Organizations Suing Over Texas Voter Citizenship Review
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Civil rights organizations are suing Texas officials about alleged plans to purge thousands of naturalized citizens from its voter rolls, a move that intentionally targets minority...
View ArticleTexas Secretary Of State Comments Since Sharing Flawed Noncitizen Voter List
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas’ election chief says he immediately gave prosecutors an ultimately flawed list 58,000 potential noncitizen voters “to get the data in the hands of someone who could do...
View ArticleAfter Nearly A Month Texas Secretary Of State Apologizes For Flawed...
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas’ election chief has apologized for releasing a botched list of nearly 100,000 voters whose citizenship was called into question before being fully vetted. Texas Secretary...
View ArticlePoll: Texans Evenly Split On Building Border Wall; Oppose Emergency Powers By...
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas voters are evenly split 48 – 48 percent on whether to build a wall on the Mexican border, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday. There are party, gender,...
View ArticleTexas AG Fights Congressional Request For Info On Bungled Citizen Voter List
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas’ attorney general is challenging efforts by Democrats in Congress to obtain documents related to the state’s bungled search for voters who aren’t U.S. citizens....
View ArticleAfter Bungled Voter List, Texas Secretary Of State David Whitley On Brink Of...
UPDATE: Texas Secretary Of State David Whitley Resigns On Final Day Of Legislative Session AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas’ embattled elections chief who wrongly questioned the U.S. citizenship of tens...
View ArticleTexas Secretary Of State David Whitley Resigns On Final Day Of Legislative...
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas’ embattled elections chief who questioned the U.S. citizenship of tens of thousands of Texas voters who were legally registered to vote resigned effective...
View ArticleTexas Governor Greg Abbott Hires Former Elections Chief David Whitley As...
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas’ former Secretary of State who resigned ahead of being forced out of office this week over wrongly questioning the U.S. citizenship of scores of voters is...
View ArticleBeto O’Rourke Launches Criticism At Joe Biden: ‘We Cannot Return To The Past’
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke of Texas criticized the frontrunner in his party’s 2020 primary, Joe Biden. On MSNBC Thursday, O’Rourke said the former Vice...
View ArticleLatina Voting Organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez Enters Race For Cornyn’s...
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The founder of a Latino progressive group in Texas is joining the growing list of Democrats challenging Republican Senator John Cornyn in 2020. Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez...
View ArticleAfter US Citizenship Flub, Texas Governor Names Ruth Ruggero Hughs As New...
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed a new secretary of state after his previous elections chief resigned amid backlash for wrongly questioning the U.S. citizenship of tens...
View ArticleToday Is Voter Registration Day, Make Sure You’re Ready To Cast Your Ballot
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Today is Voter Registration Day and organizations in North Texas and across the country are hitting the streets to increase “awareness of voter registration opportunities and...
View Article$13M Animal Shelter To Open In Fort Worth By 2021
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – For the first time since 1998, the City of Fort Worth will have a new animal shelter. “Our goal with the new shelter is to offer the highest level of customer service to the...
View ArticleArlington Leaders Want To Increase Sales Tax, Voters Could Decide In May
UPDATE: Quarter-Cent Sales Tax Increase In Arlington Going On May Ballot ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Arlington voters will likely see a sales tax increase on the May ballot. The city wants to boost...
View ArticleArlington Voters To Decide On Quarter-Cent Sales Tax Increase In May
ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Arlington City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to put a sales tax increase on the May 2 ballot. City leaders say they want to generate more money, but put...
View ArticleSuper Tuesday Voters In Texas, Other States Will Have To Contend With Severe...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – On the eve of the Super Tuesday primary elections, most of the participating states — including Texas — are preparing for severe weather, heavy rains and possible...
View Article1st Elections Security Test Comes With Super Tuesday Voting
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Tuesday’s presidential primaries across Texas and 13 other states mark the first major security test since the 2018 midterm elections, with state and local election...
View ArticleBeto O’Rourke Continues Campaigning In Dallas For Biden Before Heading To El...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Former presidential candidate and Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke took the stage at the end of Joe Biden’s presidential rally in Dallas Monday night and was up early Tuesday at...
View ArticleNorth Texas Voters Happily Line Up At Polls To Cast Their Super Tuesday Ballots
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A record number of Texans are registered to vote this year. In Dallas on Super Tuesday, some began lining up at the polls before the doors even opened. Some locations had lines...
View ArticleJulián Castro Launches New Political Action Committee To Support Progressive...
SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – Former San Antonio Mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro launched a new political action committee on Thursday aimed at supporting progressive down-ballot...
View ArticleDallas County Considering Using Convention Centers, Large Hotel Ballrooms As...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole said Monday the county is considering using convention centers and ballrooms as polling locations in November. “We’re...
View ArticlePandemic Among Reasons For Nearly 200 Fewer Voting Centers In Dallas County...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole said for Election Day Tuesday for the primary runoff, there will be nearly 200 fewer voting centers in part because of...
View ArticleTexans Head To The Polls For Senate Runoff Election As Coronavirus Rages
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — As Texas struggles to contain a raging coronavirus outbreak, voters on Tuesday are heading out to polls for runoff elections that include choosing a Democratic nominee for the...
View ArticleThe American Airlines Center, Dallas’ Largest Polling Place, Will Be Open For...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The American Airlines Center has been designated as a polling place on Election Day in November and will be open for early voting starting October 13. The facility will serve as...
View ArticleFoot Locker Turning More Than 2000 Stores Into Voter Registration Hubs
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – In an effort to increase youth voter turnout this November, all Foot Locker-owned stores in the U.S will become temporary voter registration sites starting...
View ArticleDART Offering Free Rides To Vote In General Election
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Area Rapid Transit said Monday it is once again providing free trips to voting locations across the service area. Voters can ride at no charge on all DART bus, light rail,...
View ArticleTexas National Guard Will Be On ‘Standby’ After Polls Close On Election...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – On Tuesday night, Nov. 3, counties across the state will begin reporting election results, and voters on one side or the other, are destined for disappointment. “Both parties...
View ArticleUS Postal Service Mail Delivery Is Getting Worse, Putting Ballots At Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNEWS.COM) – New statistics show the U.S. Postal Service is doing a worse job of delivering the mail on time, raising concerns that some election ballots may be delayed. Mailboxes...
View ArticleAppeals Court Blocks Ruling Requiring Texans To Wear Face Masks At Polling...
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It’s been less than 48 hours since a San Antonio court issued a ruling requiring all voters, poll workers, and poll watchers to wear masks at polling stations, but a federal...
View ArticleNorth Texans Again Lining Up At The Polls To Cast Their Ballots As End Of...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – With just over 24 hours left to vote early, Juanita Vidal felt she couldn’t wait any longer. “I was actually waiting on my husband,” she said after voting at the Richardson Civic...
View ArticleAs Texas Leads The Nation, Early Voting Totals Exceed All Ballots Cast In 2016
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It has truly been a political record breaking year in Texas. With one day still left in early voting, Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than...
View ArticleVoters To Decide On Record $3.7B Dallas ISD Bond Proposal
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas voters will be deciding on a major bond proposal by Dallas ISD on Tuesday, Nov. 3. If passed, the $3.7 billion bond package would be the largest ever in state history. The...
View ArticleHow To Vote In North Texas If You Recently Tested Positive For COVID-19
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – If you or someone you know recently tested positive for coronavirus, you still have the right to vote in-person, it makes no difference if you are sick or in quarantine. The...
View ArticleLines To Vote Not Too Long In Collin County Where 85% Cast Ballots Early
ALLEN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Voter turnout has already shattered records in Collin County, North Texas’ third largest county, with thousands more people still casting ballots on Election Day....
View ArticleCBS News Calls Texas For President Donald Trump
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – CBS News projects that President Donald J. Trump has won Texas’ 38 electoral votes. See The latest Election 2020 Results Here The race in Texas was too close to call all...
View ArticleMcKinney Voters Recall Councilman La’Shadion Shemwell
McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A controversial McKinney City Council Member has lost his seat in a recall election Tuesday, Nov. 3. La’Shadion Shemwell drew criticism back in October 2019, when during...
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