Community reacts to Tarrant County's reduction in polling sites

Despite claims that the recent reduction in polling sites in Tarrant County was not politically motivated, a political science professor tells FOX 4 that past actions by county leaders show the move was made to help Republicans.Tarrant County polling site reductionOn Sept. 1, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 to approve a plan to cut the number of polling sites in the county to 224 for the 2026 midterm elections. That's down from the 312 total polling sites the county had for the 2022 midterm elections, representing a 92-location drop.The number of early voting sites was also slightly reduced, with 47 early voting sites in 2026 as opposed to 50 in 2022.The reduction in polling sites comes despite more registered voters living in Tarrant County in 2026 than there were four years ago during the 2022 midterm elections.Cal Jillson, a professor of political science at SMU, tells FOX 4's Dionne Anglin that Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare has admitted that previous redistrictin