New Texas election process has Democrats expecting a delay in Super Tuesday delegate totals

[RandySF]

As their counterparts in Iowa reel from a disastrously slow election returns process, Texas Democrats raised the prospect Wednesday that a change in the way Texas reports election results could delay the final tally of delegates won by presidential hopefuls in the upcoming March 3 primary past election night.

Officials with the Texas Democratic Party said the Texas secretary of state’s office recently told them that it will not be able to provide on election night the numbers needed to allocate a majority of the 228 delegates up for grabs in the state on Super Tuesday. In a Jan. 23 meeting, the Democrats said, top state election officials cited limitations to their revamped reporting system, which is used to compile returns from the state's 254 counties.

"They basically said that's not built out yet," said Glen Maxey, the special projects director for the Texas Democratic Party who attended the meeting with state officials.

Late Wednesday, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office, which initially had not responded to The Texas Tribune's questions about the issue, contested that characterization, saying that "any allegations that delegate allocations will not be reported on election night are categorically false."

As their counterparts in Iowa reel from a disastrously slow election returns process, Texas Democrats raised the prospect Wednesday that a change in the way Texas reports election results could delay the final tally of delegates won by presidential hopefuls in the upcoming March 3 primary past election night.

Officials with the Texas Democratic Party said the Texas secretary of state’s office recently told them that it will not be able to provide on election night the numbers needed to allocate a majority of the 228 delegates up for grabs in the state on Super Tuesday. In a Jan. 23 meeting, the Democrats said, top state election officials cited limitations to their revamped reporting system, which is used to compile returns from the state's 254 counties.

"They basically said that's not built out yet," said Glen Maxey, the special projects director for the Texas Democratic Party who attended the meeting with state officials.

Late Wednesday, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office, which initially had not responded to The Texas Tribune's questions about the issue, contested that characterization, saying that "any allegations that delegate allocations will not be reported on election night are categorically false."



https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/05/texas-democrats-expect-delay-presidential-delegate-totals-super-tuesda/

[wyldwolf]

1. embarrassing. If this was the Republican party, we'd be laughing hysterically.

[Blue_true]

6. The delay is caused by the state, not the TDP. nt

[Progressive2020]

2. We Democrats

We Democrats are starting to look like the Gang That Can't Shoot Straight. It is embarrassing. If we can not run a Statewide Election, how can we run a country? Get it together.

[susanr516]

4. The problem is with the state of Texas, not the Texas Democratic Party

The TX Secretary of State is appointed by the Governor, Republican Greg Abbott. The state of Texas is in charge of compiling the state-wide and multi-county district votes.

[Progressive2020]

5. OK

Good. Thanks for the information.

[Blue_true]

7. I pointed that out to another poster. It, to me, was clear as day when I read. nt

[Ilsa]

3. As long as they results are accurate, I don't mind.

Some DUers are big on paper ballots. Won't that take s few days to count and recount and audit?

I'd rather have "correct" over "fast."

[Gothmog]

8. There will a fight over this