1/ A Texas Supreme Court ruling opens up the possibility that ballots cast in the state’s most populous county after 7 p.m. on #ElectionDay won’t be counted. #TXlege #TX2022 bit.ly/3UpQMxc
2/ The Texas Supreme Court ordered Harris County election officials on Tuesday night to separate out ballots cast during an extra hour of voting that had been granted by a lower court, setting the stage for a possible legal battle.
3/ The order to keep polls open an extra hour until 8 p.m. at nearly 800 polling places came after the Texas Organizing Project sued Harris County, citing issues at numerous polling locations that opened more than one hour late on Election Day.
4/ After a state district judge ordered voting locations in Texas’ most populous county to stay open until 8 p.m., Attorney General Ken Paxton requested that the decision be reversed. The Supreme Court then ordered officials to separate ballots.
5/ Harris County is home to 2.6 million registered voters. It’s still unclear how many votes were cast during the extra hour of voting. Voters who got in line after 7 p.m. were required to cast a provisional ballot, which will take more time to process.
6/6 Earlier in the day, a state district judge also ordered polling places to remain open an extra hour in Bell County in Central Texas. It is unclear if the attorney general’s office is also challenging that extension.
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