10m ago / 6:42 AM EDTDallas County returns to countywide voting for runoff after March primary chaos After thousands of people showed up at the wrong place to vote in the March primary, Dallas County voters can again choose any polling site in the county to cast ballots in today's runoff. The Dallas County GOP forced the county to move to precinct-based voting for Election Day in March as part of a plan to hand-count its ballots for the primary. The plan — which was motivated by conspiracy theories about the accuracy of voting machines — was abandoned when it proved too labor-intensive and costly. Still, voters nonetheless had to go to their assigned precincts to cast ballots during the March election.The change proved chaotic. After years of countywide voting, many voters went to the wrong polling sites. Democrats went to court in pursuit of extended voting hours, which were granted but then revoked when the state’s top court weighed in.Then-Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Allen West announced they would return to countywide voting in mid-March. That angered some in his party, who sued to try to maintain precinct-level voting. Last month, West resigned amid the controversy. 51m ago / 6:00 AM EDTTrump to visit Walter Reed for the third checkup of his second term Trump plans to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, today for a medical and dental checkup, a White House official said yesterday.It will be Trump’s third in-person doctor’s visit in a little over a year. He went to Walter Reed twice last year, in April and October. He also visited his dentist in West Palm Beach, Florida, twice this year — first in January and then again this month for a follow-up.Read the full story here.51m ago / 6:00 AM EDTWhat to watch in Tuesday’s Texas primary runoffsToday's primary runoffs in Texas will put Trump’s endorsement to the test again — the latest step in a mission to punish some incumbent Republicans Trump has deemed insufficiently loyal.Texas also has a slew of House primary runoffs on tap today, including one in a battleground district where a secretive group with some Republican links has spent to boost a controversial Democrat. Two Democratic incumbents could also lose House primaries, and a handful of winners in solidly Republican seats are likely to be heading to Congress next year.Polls in most of the state close at 8 p.m. ET, and the full state closes at 9 p.m. ET. Here are the major races to watch.Read the full story here.
Texas elections live updates: Senate primary runoff between John Cornyn and Trump-backed Ken Paxton takes place
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is facing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in today's GOP Senate runoff after neither candidate secured enough votes in the March primary to win the nomination. President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton last week. The winner will face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in the November election.










