Democratic member of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court in Texas, representing Precinct 2 since January 2023. A former county 9-1-1 administrator and broadcast journalist, she is the Democratic candidate for Tarrant County Judge in the November 2026 election.
We have documented 2 statements by Alisa Simmons, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Tarrant County's cut to 224 polling sites: follow the response
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Role at the time: Tarrant County commissioner and Democratic candidate for county judge
Condemned
Statement summary
Simmons tells Mother Jones that cutting voting locations in diverse areas such as college campuses is an attempt to confuse voters and lead voters of color to give up. She says officials afraid of an opponent should run a better race instead.
“This is an attempt to confuse voters, to have voters of color just throw their hands up”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Mother Jones: How GOP election boards are attacking college votersTarrant County section, comments from Alisa Simmons and Andres Morales
Why we used this label
Simmons, who voted against the cuts, condemns them as an effort to discourage voters of color.
Role at the time: Tarrant County commissioner (Precinct 2) and Democratic candidate for county judge
Condemned
Response to this claim
Tarrant County commissioners' reduction of 2026 polling places was an attempt to rig the election.
“You have not heard them say anything about cost. This is not about cost. This is about power. This is very political. This is campaigning from the dais. That's what this is.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Tarrant County Commissioners Court: September 1st, 2026 (Commissioner Simmons remarks) · Tarrant County Commissioners CourtMeeting video, about 8:03:55 to 8:04:35 into the recording, immediately before the vote
Why we used this label
Simmons rejects the cost rationale and attributes the vote to political power and campaigning, which condemns the decision and asserts a political motive that remains contested.
Tarrant County approved 92 fewer Election Day polling sites for 2026 than in 2022. Compare Richardson's election-rigging accusation with Wren's account of the county's rationale and countywide vote-center rules.
