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TexasTowelie

(112,369 posts) Tue Oct 13, 2020, 03:52 PM Oct 2020

Fort Bend County machines malfunction for a brief period as early voting begins

by Shawn Mulcahy, Texas Tribune

Voting machines across Fort Bend County were down Tuesday morning when polls opened at 8 a.m. Central due to a computer glitch as early voting began across Texas.

The majority of machines were back online as of 9:15 a.m., the county elections office said.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George, who is on site at the Smart Financial Center mega voting site, acknowledged "glitches in the voting system" that hampered the start of of early voting and vowed a full investigation.

"I assure you those who are responsible will be held accountable," he said in a video posted to Facebook.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/13/texas-early-voting/

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Fort Bend County machines malfunction for a brief period as early voting begins (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2020 OP

Even though I hear these new machines are better than the old Susan Calvin Oct 2020 #1

Susan Calvin

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1. Even though I hear these new machines are better than the old

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Tue Oct 13, 2020, 06:38 PM

Oct 2020

My opinion has always been that computer and voting should not appear in the same sentence.

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