Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is trying to discard 2,000 provisional ballots cast in Harris County ahead of a Tuesday meeting where the county commissioners are set to certify their November election results.
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The order was in response to the Texas Organizing Project filing an emergency petition to extend the voting time frame after 12 voting locations opened more than an hour late, according to a mandamus filed by the Texas Organizing Project. Many Harris County voting locations experienced “widespread problems” across its polling locations — from opening an hour late to paper ballot shortages.
In the filing, Paxton acknowledged the issues at the polling sites but argued that even if some locations were not opened by the stated time, it did not justify extending the time locations remained open.The fight over the provisional ballots appears to have the potential to impact one local race in Harris County.
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