The 2026 election season gets underway with primaries today in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas

Voters in Dallas County are facing new precinct rules determining where Republican and Democratic primary voters can cast their ballots today.

While early voters were able to cast ballots at any voting center in their county, those voting today need to vote in their assigned precinct, which might be different from past locations where they’ve voted.

Over the course of Tuesday morning, a handful of voters attempting to vote at the Ridgewood/Belcher Recreation Center in Dallas, which is receiving voters in both primaries, told CNN they were informed they were assigned to a different precinct.

The new rules went into effect after the Dallas County Republican Party opted to not hold a joint primary election with the Dallas County Democratic Party. The website for the Dallas County Election Department directs voters to look for their assigned polling place before heading to cast their ballot.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, whose congressional district sits in Dallas County, said she was “so concerned” about the new rules impacting Dallas and Williamson Counties, arguing Republicans are “playing games against me” in her “home county.”

“You must go to your actual polling location in those two counties so unfortunately, Dallas County, we’ve been voting county-wide all early voting long,” Crockett said in an Instagram video on Tuesday. “That is not the case [today] so this is where you have to look at your voter registration card or you can go online..and you can see what your polling location is.”

Williamson County, which includes state Rep. James Talarico’s hometown of Round Rock and is located north of Austin, also has similar rules in place.