Texas court blocks Dallas County’s 9 p.m. Democratic voting extension amid Election Day confusion

The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked Dallas County’s plan to extend Democratic polling hours to 9 p.m. after a court order instructed that votes must be segregated by who was in line by 7 p.m.; Republicans’ polls stayed closed at 7 p.m., with provisional ballots for those not in line by 7 p.m. The extension followed reports of voter confusion and polling-location mix-ups, and Democratic officials had urged the change, which was approved by a local judge before being paused by the state high court.