Friedman calls Tarrant County's waits voter suppression
Brandon FriedmanPolitical commentator and co-founder of Rakkasan Tea Company
Friedman says voter suppression in Texas is working as designed. He links the closure of 92 voting locations in Tarrant County to voters waiting two hours in line.
“Voter suppression in Texas is working exactly as it was designed to work. Republicans closed 92 voting locations in the state's largest swing county and now voters are waiting in line two hours to vote.”
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Were Tarrant County's 2026 polling-site cuts an attempt to skew the election?
On September 1, 2026, Tarrant County commissioners voted 3–2 to approve 224 Election Day polling sites for the November election, down from 316 in the 2022 midterms. Heather Cox Richardson characterized the decision as election-rigging and cited access concerns. W. A. Wren accepted the counts but argued that her account omitted the county Republicans' savings and low-turnout rationale and countywide vote-center rules. The decision's motive and likely effects on access are disputed.
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Friedman's own post on his Bluesky account.
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Friedman posted on the third day of early voting, as voters reported long lines at some Tarrant County sites.
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The 92 sites cut were Election Day sites. Early-voting sites fell from 50 to 47.
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Friedman condemns the cuts as voter suppression.
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