Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Kim Ogg showed up to vote in today's Super Tuesday primary, where she is a candidate, but was told she had already voted.by houston chronicleOgg's partner allegedly voted in her name during early voting.
Harris County Clerk Tennessia Hudspeth issued a statement on
„In this case, the DA's partner must have signed in under the name of DA Ogg and proceeded with the vote, unaware that the information did not belong to him,“ Hudspeth said in a statement. „Clerical errors can occur in voting. It is the voter's responsibility to ensure that the information on their iPad screen is correct.“
Ms Hudspeth said Mr Ogg's partner signed his name as confirmation. The clerk's office was able to correct the error and announced that Ogg would be able to vote starting at 8:24 a.m. The poll book was amended to allow Mr. Ogg to vote.
The explanation that two people have the same address and the partner failed name verification is a fatal failure of the pollster to check in on the partner and a fatal failure that the partner failed to find the name on verification. It suggests failure. But most important is the electronic poll book itself.
Especially considering that Content active electronic voting book What Harris County Uses Please scan your driver's license When voters check in. Website:
The Electronic Electoral Register Voter Registration and Check-in System provides a convenient and secure voter check-in solution using barcodes. Scanning technology used to scan driver's licenses of voters in Harris County, Texas
Additionally, the statement that „votes cast by DA Ogg's partner were transferred to her own name“ raises some serious questions about the functionality of the machine and who has that kind of access. Sho. If an election judge (poll worker) or poll administrator could simply forward the vote assignment, this would mean the vote was assigned to someone's name or designated function.
However, Harris County retracted that statement and issued an even more concerning correction.
„Description: The poll book has been modified to allow DA Ogg to vote. This is not a transfer of votes.“
Description: The poll book has been modified to allow DA Ogg to vote. This is not a transfer of votes. https://t.co/amI4Y9F3mJ
— Harris County Elections Department (@HarrisVotes) March 5, 2024
said former Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel on X. „The existing system requires him to have three-step verification. It's very difficult to accidentally generate this error.“
This is a serious clerical error. From my experience of conducting polls and voting at least every four years since 2010, I can say that the existing system requires his three-step verification. It is very difficult to cause this error accidentally. Fortunately, you can fix this in the middle.
— Chris Daniel (@texasdaniel) March 5, 2024