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Voters outside the Texas Union at UT Austin after a fire alarm
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Fire alarm pulled twice at UT Austin polling place; police hunting a person of interest

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At a glance: Someone pulled the fire alarm twice at the Texas Union, a polling place at the University of Texas at Austin, on Tuesday, Fox 7 Austin and The Daily Texan… · Sources: Fox 7 Austin, The Daily Texan, KXAN
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Someone pulled the fire alarm twice at the Texas Union, a polling place at the University of Texas at Austin, on Tuesday, Fox 7 Austin and The Daily Texan report. The building was evacuated and voting stopped for about 10 minutes each time before resuming, KXAN reports.

UT police are investigating it as a crime and are asking for help identifying a person of interest who is not affiliated with the university, Fox 7 reports. The site stays open until 7 p.m.

Pulling a fire alarm at a polling place is not a prank. It is a way to send voters home, and in a Texas Senate race this big, every lost voter counts. Police are right to treat it seriously.

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