Harris County Elections still only has partial numbers reported. Less than half of precincts reporting. Last year they took election responsibility away from the elected County Clerk & Registrar and gave to an appointed Elections Administrator.
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Yesterday Harris County Elections informed the Texas Secretary of State that they would be unable to report vote results by the statutory deadline of 7 p.m. today. SoS TX says they are "closely monitoring" and stand "ready to assist."
The elections administrator's salary was slated to be $190k, appointment was given to a former staffer for State Sen. Sylvia Garcia who had run unsuccessfully for Houston City Council, but had not run elections previously.
Some background here: thetexan.news/harris-county-…
County commissioners who opposed the change were assured that the revamp would introduce "efficiencies" that would save $, but the budget has continued to balloon under Longoria.
Some of the Precinct by Precinct reporting that has been posted is not giving much confidence in the process or in the new equipment purchased. For example: 
Another example here:
Without full numbers, many races cannot yet be called (or written on by journalists with any confidence). Here's where we are on #TX08 - right now it looks like Luttrell wins based on mostly Montgomery County numbers.
Last July Commissioners Court approved $14 million for the new voting machines.
Last night #Texas Lt Gov @LtGovTX blasted county judge Hidalgo over the problems saying she “must answer for this debacle of her own creation”
Harris County elections has been the recipient of private grants from Mark Zuckerberg's organization and other groups: thetexan.news/harris-county-…
The county is also opposing any efforts to audit elections: thetexan.news/democrats-dire…
New comment from Commissioner Tom Ramsey:
https://twitter.com/TomSRamsey2/status/1499061058031558658?s=20&t=Ne55S8kIeVNkalCM8o8Bjw
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