Days away from the end of early voting, Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth said that operations are running relatively smoothly – with over 123,000 in-person early voters having cast their ballots as of Wednesday morning. Hudspeth added that Harris County election officials sent out 20,000 mail-in ballots to voters who...
To prep for Election Day, Harris County election officials increased the number of training session from 70 last election cycle to more than 120.Days away from the end of early voting, Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth said that operations are running relatively smoothly – with over 123,000 in-person early voters having cast their ballots as of Wednesday morning.
This will be the first election since Hudspeth took over in September after the state passed Senate Bill 1750, which targeted Harris County by preventing it from having the ability to have an elections administrator and led to the removal from office of former Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum.
She added that currently, election operations are about 99.8 percent staffed, with presiding and alternate judges the ones calling in to report issues with their availability. To fill these vacancies, Hudspeth said election officials have an emergency management system in place for staff who may need someone to fill in if they are sick or, for whatever reason, can’t show up at their polls.
Hudspeth said several measures are in place to mitigate other potential issues, as seen in past elections. This includes the November 2022 election, when roughly 20 polling locations ran out of ballot paper and several others failed to open on time due to reported technological issues. Election officials expect between 80 to 100 judges to drop off at sites, with the highest number of judges reporting straight to the NRG Election Command Center – one of the six rally locations.
Despite the possibility of delays, Hudspeth said all the ballots will eventually end up at the central count center at NRG on election night.
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