Tarrant County commissioners voted Tuesday to cut more than 100 Election Day polling sites and reduced the number of early voting locations for the November election.

The commissioners voted 3-2, along party lines, to cut the number of places to cast ballots to 216 — down from 331 in 2023, the last odd-numbered November election.

The vote came after more than two hours of debate over what cutting locations would mean and concerns from the public that the reductions amounted to voter suppression of Black, Hispanic and college-age voters.

During the meeting, several speakers called the cuts a more extreme version of County Judge Tim O’Hare’s failed effort to remove eight early voting locations at colleges last year.

County officials said the move was to save money as they historically

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