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#BREAKING
now CONFIRMED by @HarrisVotes
ALL 782 polling locations will be open till 8PM
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https://twitter.com/HarrisVotes/status/1590141223553175552

Clifford Tatum, Elections Administrator
not verbatim, but close

Release of the early vote will be delayed by an hour in Harris County...so after 8pm when the polls close. They will have to process provisional ballots separately from regular ballots 1/2 @KHOU #developing

MORE from Clifford Tatum, Harris County Election Administrator
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the processing for provisional takes a bit longer b/c there's a qualifying process... when polls close at 7pm they place a clerk at the end of the line, a clerk is placed behind him. @KHOU MORE

from Clifford Tatum, Harris County Elections
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anybody who comes in behind that clerk will have to vote a provisional ballot. the provisional ballots dont have to be cured in the normal manner, but it all depends on the court's order and any challenges
@KHOU

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The Texas Attorney General has now intervened in the suit to extend the hours... asking to dissolve the order.

I am having flashback to Florida... 2000, 2014, 2016...

@KHOU

#BREAKING
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The Judge has DENIED the motion to dissolve the order... the previous order STANDS
@KHOU @CMercedesKHOU @AdamBennettKHOU

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And then the Texas Supreme Court weighed in… see below
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8:33pm Clifford Tatum, Elections
"...any provisional votes cast from 7-8pm based on that extended order would not be counted. No, they will not be counted. That's the reason you segregate them so if the court orders they should not be counted, they will not be counted." @KHOU

more Clifford Tatum, Harris County Elections

when asked about the issues at Seabrooke earlier today, he didn't really have an answer at the moment...
@KHOU

@KHOU more Clifford Tatum, Harris County Elections

now our process turns to waiting for the election results to come in from polling locations. as they start being driven in by the polling place judges, we will begin tabulating the votes that come in.
@KHOU

other notes from the Harris County Elections Administrator

I think the extension of hours was from the places that weren't open on time - that was about 4 places. I'm told by staff there was an order that extended voting in 2017
(not a quote)
@KHOU

meaning, the provisional ballots cast between 7 and 8pm tonight will not be counted (for now)
@KHOU

NEW, 10:41pm Clifford Tatum, Harris County Elections
not a verbatim

so far we have counted ballots from 274 locations, certified 79 of those locations and tabulated 16

have quite a bit of a way to go
no tech issues as we tabulate results
@KHOU @AdamBennettKHOU