A total of 40 voting centers will be temporarily closed across Dallas County during two upcoming elections after a unanimous vote by the Dallas County Commissioners Court on April 13. Among the closed voting centers include eight locations in the Lake Highlands and Lakewood areas of Dallas as well as in Richardson.
On April 5, the Dallas County Elections Department had requested commissioners close 68 voting centers for two upcoming elections: a constitutional amendment and joint election on May 7, and the primary runoff election on May 24, citing a shortage of poll workers.
Elections Administrator Michael Scarpello was instead asked to hold additional public meetings with affected members of the community, after which the proposed number of temporary closures was whittled down to 53.
The 53 figure was shrunk again to 40 during the April 13 meeting after Commissioner John Price requested that no voting center in District 3 be closed.
