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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Alex Nguyen

Former state Rep. Lon Burnam eyes lawsuit after arrest during meeting on voting site cuts

Former Democratic state Rep. Lon Burnam, who was arrested Tuesday during a heated Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting about a plan to slash polling locations for the midterm elections, was released from jail around midnight.

“I didn’t get home until after midnight, and I’m old,” he said Wednesday. “I’m 73 years old and I’m tired, but the show must go on.”

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