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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRunoff elections show Texas not quite ready for November's main event
As dress rehearsals go, Tuesday's Texas primary runoff elections weren't bad, but for some voters and poll workers they revealed problems that need to be fixed before November's big show.
With much lower turnout than primary or general elections, the first in-person election day during the coronavirus pandemic saw voters reporting heavily sanitized polling places, an ample supply of gloves, finger cots or pencils to mark up their ballots and socially distanced lines. With a tiny ballot in many places, some were in and out of polling places in minutes.
But some Texans who sought to vote by mail and submitted their applications on time indicated they never received their ballots. Some opted to instead vote in person. Others went uncounted. Its unknown how many were affected.
Other voters sent in their mail-in ballots only to have them returned unopened. Some of those reached county elections offices after a second attempt, while others still appeared lost on election night. Its also unknown how many were affected.
In some counties, previously advertised polling places were shuttered at the last minute for lack of workers, some fearing the pandemic or reluctant to risk exposure to voters who were not required to wear masks. Others walked off the job Tuesday morning after discovering some of their fellow poll workers wouldnt be donning masks.
And throughout the night, the Texas secretary of state's portal for reporting election night returns was either broken or incorrect, first displaying garbled numbers in various races on the ballot and later showing discrepancies with county reports.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/15/texas-primary-runoff-elections-november/
marlakay
(11,476 posts)She is scared to leave the house with so much covid in San Antonio.
The election in November is going to be a mess!
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)I really didn't have a preference between hegar and west. But wild horses with coronavirus couldn't stop me in Nov
marlakay
(11,476 posts)She said the guy was way ahead of the lady she voted for in dem primary.
cstanleytech
(26,295 posts)Atleast with the virus there is a good chance of having a normal life but not if Trump remains in office.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)...to folks who had requested absentee ballots that did not arrive; under the guise of attempted voter fraud.
I dont put anything past them in regards to voter suppression...
Luz
(772 posts)We had hand sanitizer, gloves and a pencil to use. I was in and out in 5 minutes.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)the elections are purposely messed up.