Election officials discovered that an unknown number of votes weren’t counted on Super Tuesday. It’s unclear if any election outcomes might change when they are tabulated.
Alexa Ura
Alexa Ura reported for The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2023. She covered the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, wealth, poverty and power and how they are shaping the future of Texas and Texans, in the long and short term. Alexa started at the Tribune as a reporting intern before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin and joining the staff full time. Originally from Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border, she is a native Spanish speaker and is based in Austin.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Dallas County asks for Super Tuesday recount after discovering it missed some ballots
In a petition filed late Friday in state district court, the county is seeking to perform a recount of backup paper ballots.
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Politics
Harris County clerk apologizes to voters, “takes full responsibility” for long waits to vote in Houston
Some voters in Houston were stuck in excessively long lines and were forced to wait more than six hours to cast their ballots.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Just a quarter of registered voters in Texas participated in the 2020 presidential primary
More than 4 million Texans voted in the 2020 presidential primary election, with turnout among Democratic voters just barely surpassing Republican turnout.
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Texas Voting Rights
Texas Democrats sue the state to keep straight-ticket voting in 2020
In a federal lawsuit filed in Laredo, Democrats claim the move to end straight-ticket voting is unconstitutional and intentionally discriminates against Hispanic and black voters.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas lawmakers to hold hearing into excessive Super Tuesday voting lines
They also plan to address other issues at the hearing, including late-opening voting sites and insufficient voting equipment at polling places.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Harris County’s cascade of election day fumbles disproportionately affected communities of color
The last voters at Texas Southern University, a historically black university, ultimately spent nearly an entire workday waiting in line to cast their ballots, nearly seven hours after polls closed.
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TribCast
TribCast: Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday win and other primary election results
On this week’s TribCast — a supersized, live edition — Alexa talks to Ross, Patrick, Alex, Matthew, Cassi and Evan about Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday win and other notable primary election results.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texas voting lines last hours after polls close on Super Tuesday
Voters in Houston, in Dallas and at Texas State University reported facing wait times that extended past two hours after polls closed.
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Texas Voting Rights
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