Overview
- Allen West, who resigned Wednesday, left the Dallas County GOP chair post ahead of a planned no-confidence vote over how ballots will be cast in the May 26 runoff.
- He had revised the party’s contract with Dallas County to bring back countywide vote centers for the runoff, which let any eligible voter use any polling place rather than a home precinct.
- The March 3 primary switch to precinct-only sites produced widespread confusion, with more than 12,000 people reportedly showing up at the wrong polling locations across the county.
- The party named Tami Brown Rodriguez acting chair, and the executive committee plans to pick an interim chairman at a meeting Monday.
- West had won reelection unopposed more than a month ago with over 78,000 votes, highlighting how the fight over voting rules quickly reshaped local leadership.