Midterm Elections 2022: Harris Co. votes cast during extended hour won't count, administrator says - KTRK-TV

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Provisional ballots formed successful the the extended hr aft Harris County polls were scheduled to adjacent astatine 7 p.m. are not being counted toward Tuesday's tally, the county's elections head announced precocious successful the evening.

Clifford Tatum clarified the process hours aft voter-advocacy radical Texas Organizing Project filed suit to support polls unfastened until 8 p.m. due to the fact that of polling delays earlier successful the day. The suit claims that definite polling locations were not opened successful a timely mode astatine the commencement of Election Day.

A justice granted an extension for voting hours astatine polling locations successful Harris County.

However, Tatum explained that the Texas Supreme Court ruled immoderate votes formed provisionally during the 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. play were not being counted.

In accordance with the earlier ruling, polling locations kept ballots formed during the extended play abstracted from those formed earlier it.

Polls had been different scheduled to adjacent astatine 7 p.m. Anyone successful enactment astatine 7 p.m. was allowed to vote.

The suit contains affidavits from much than a twelve voters who experienced delays erstwhile they arrived connected Election Day to ballot successful Harris County.

One elector said she arrived astatine a BakerRipley polling determination astatine 6:50 a.m. connected Election Day and determination were already 100 radical successful line. The suit said the determination didn't unfastened until astir 11 a.m. contempt the information that polls were expected to unfastened astatine 7 a.m. The suit alleges that astatine 8 a.m., immoderate radical successful enactment started to leave.

At the Sunnyside Multiservice Center, a canvass show said determination were besides 100 radical successful enactment astatine 7 a.m., but the machines didn't commencement moving until 9:23 a.m., according to the lawsuit. The idiosyncratic said "I witnessed implicit 200 vehicles propulsion up" to that determination and "be redirected by canvass workers to 1 of the 7 (other) locations betwixt 7:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m."

Earlier successful the day, a justice successful Bell County granted a petition to support its polls unfastened until 8 p.m.

As of 8 p.m., Tatum reported astir 1 cardinal ballots were formed successful idiosyncratic connected Tuesday.

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