State of Texas

Texas Travis County Election Judge Apportionment Challenge

Travis County Republican Party v. Limon-Mercado

Lawsuit filed by the Travis County Republican Party (TCRP) and its chair, Matt Mackowiak, against the Travis County Clerk and Election Administrator Dyana Limon-Mercado challenging the county’s staffing of election judges — which are akin to poll workers — for the November 2024 general election. TCRP claims that the Travis County clerk “was not selecting, placing, and allocating qualified Republican Travis County registered voters whose name appeared on the list submitted by TCRP,” which the party asserts has left several early voting polling locations without adequate Republican election judge representation. TCRP further alleges that the county did not appoint an equal number of Republican and Democrat election judges to serve across the county’s polling locations on Election Day. The party argues that Travis County’s election judge apportionment violates Texas law, and asks the court to order the county to restaff the county’s early voting polling locations — which close Nov. 1, 2024 — and Election Day polling locations with enough Republican election judges that are appointed in compliance with state law. 

RESULT: On Oct. 30, the court denied the petition.

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