Tarrant County Officials Propose A Solution For Long Voting Lines, Say Repairs Coming For Faulty Hardware

Arlington TX

04 March, 2022

7:18 PM

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By Rachel Behrndt and Sandra Sadek, Fort Worth Report March 3, 2022 Tuesday was a 20-hour workday for precinct chair Kal Silverberg. The Republican precinct chair woke up at 4:30 a.m. on Election Day to go work the polls and didn't go to bed until 1 a.m. the following day. Tuesday's election was one of his most challenging, Silverberg said. He was short-staffed and low on machines and supplies while at the Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains building in southwest Fort Worth, a much smaller location than where he's worked in the past. Precinct 4130 wasn't the only location slammed by technical difficulties. Voters across Fort Worth reported long lines and staff shortages. Final results weren't released until about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. As elections administrators and judges prepare for runoff elections in May, they said there is a way forward to make the voting process more efficient. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.