Tarrant County Elections Update

On the first day of Early Voting, Tarrant County had more than 58,000 ballots cast in the General Election.

In one reported instance, a voter reviewed their printed ballot and found it did not correctly reflect his choice for President.  The original ballot was spoiled, and the voter re-marked a new ballot with his preferred choice reflected.

Tarrant County’s voting system electronically marks a voter’s candidate selections and prints a final paper ballot for review before the ballot is cast. Tarrant County Elections highly encourages voters to confirm their selections on the physical paper ballot before placing it into the scanner to be counted.

Tarrant County Elections has no reason to believe that votes are being switched by the voting system.

Additionally, Tarrant County Elections has identified a labeling error for the office of “Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals” on the printed paper ballot.  The candidates are being correctly displayed on the screen and the printed ballot.  However, “Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals” is labeled as “Railroad Commissioner” on the paper ballot.

This labeling error will not affect the results of either the Railroad Commissioner or the Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals race. 

Both of these matters have been reported to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office.