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Tarrant County Just Lost 92 Election Day Polling Sites. Here’s How You Can Help.

The Tarrant County Democratic Party is raising funds to provide free rides to the polls for voters who need transportation.

Tarrant County voters will have 92 fewer Election Day polling locations this November than they did during the 2022 midterm election.

On Sept. 1, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved a plan providing for 224 Election Day voting locations, down from 316 in 2022. The county also approved 47 early-voting locations, compared with 50 in 2022. The vote was 3-2.

The decision has received national attention, with voting rights advocates and local residents raising concerns that fewer locations could make it more difficult for some voters to reach the polls. More than 100 people spoke during the Commissioners Court meeting, which lasted more than eight hours.

For Tarrant County voters, the question now is practical:

How do we make sure that transportation does not become another barrier to voting?

We’re putting resources on the ground.

The Tarrant County Democratic Party has partnered with Rideshare2Vote to help provide complimentary rides to the polls for voters who need transportation assistance.

That means a voter who does not have a car, cannot drive, has limited access to public transportation, or otherwise needs help getting to a polling location can have another option.

But those rides cost money.

And with 92 fewer Election Day locations across a county of approximately 1.3 million registered voters, we want to be prepared to help as many voters as possible.

If you are outside Tarrant County and have been wondering how you can help, this is one concrete way.

We have been hearing from people across Texas and around the country who want to do something in response to the reduction in polling locations.

You can help put a voter in a car and get them to the polls.

A contribution of $25, $50, $100, or whatever you can afford will help offset the cost of providing rides through Rideshare2Vote.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bluetarrant 

Every contribution helps us prepare for Election Day and respond when a Tarrant County voter needs transportation.

We cannot control how many polling locations the county chooses to operate.

We can help make sure that getting to one of them is not what keeps someone from voting.

Thank you for standing with Tarrant County voters.