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Were Voters Temporarily Switched to Paper Ballots by Texas Glitch?
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Were Voters Temporarily Switched to Paper Ballots by Texas Glitch?

Oct 27, 2016
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Various claims of Vote Switching in Texas were anguished by an unconcerned issue in Chambers County in the same day on 25th October 2016. Rumors indicated that people from entire Texas State were witnessing their votes switching from the support for Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton. A claim conceivably outcropped by speculation that the Texas State was “In Play” with a doubtful future. Some claims regarding changed votes remain unconfirmed, but just one original voting malfunction was found there. Some local reports indicated that votes for the state court of appeals race failed (it shouldn’t be considered the U.S Presidential Election) to appear when voters tried in attempting with Straight Ticket selections on their ballots.

Were Voters Temporarily Switched to Paper Ballots by Texas Glitch?

Point to be noted that Glitch affected equally to most of the parties. The State Officials said that ballot papers were standard in the condition of a malfunction. Another local source also explained that all votes were entered manually and voters were unable to straight ticket vote for their desired party on 25th October 2016, and people were redirected to cast their vote line by line to cast their vote down the ballot.  It was also said that entire voting equipments were expected to be restored within just 24 hours. The Press release of County Chambers on 24th October 2016 indicated that at the start of voting, it was informed to the County Clerk Heather H. Hawthorne that Straight Party vote for both Republican and Democrats didn’t select one race on each ballot.