From the minute the polls were supposed to open in Texas on Tuesday, the TCRP began hearing issues across the state. It was operating a phone line, 866-OUR-VOTE, to field calls from Texans facing hurdles while trying to cast a ballot.
“Often these long lines reflect a real lack of investment by, especially the Texas state government, in making sure counties have the resources to fully staff and train these polling places. We say this every session, but next session, the Legislature really needs to think about boosting funding to county elections offices to make sure voters don’t have to suffer like this,” Slattery said.
At 7 p.m., as the polls were closing at the University of Texas at Austin, Rodrigo Garcia ran to the back of the line with just seconds to spare. An elections official determined him to be the last voter at that location.Even though voters at UT Austin only faced long lines, there were other problems across Central Texas. Early in the morning in, there were issues with the check-in machines. People there could get in line one hour later than most, at 8 p.m., to make up for the error.
TXST voters arriving at the San Marcos Public Library to vote after being bussed from their campus polling location that was experiencing wait times of 4 hours🗳
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