Fort Bend County investigating cause of voting system problem during primary runoff election
Fort Bend County officials are investigating why a widespread technical problem at polling locations during Tuesday’s primary runoff elections led to a period of more than two hours when voters were unable to cast ballots without doing so provisionally.
The county's election administration office first received reports of issues with the electronic polling books from polling locations across the county just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to Fort Bend County Election Administrator Chase Wilson. The problem was resolved by about 6 p.m., an hour before polling locations closed.
Two days later, interim County Judge Daniel Wong addressed the issue during Thursday’s commissioners court meeting and said an improperly uploaded election data file created a "significant disruption" and caused confusion for voters.
"A thorough review of this incident is currently underway," Wong said, "and I am requesting a complete review of the election administration procedures to strengthen safeguards and to ensure that disruption to county voting operations do not happen in the future."
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