Democratic voters turned away at Southwest Sub-Courthouse after machines malfunction
Democratic voters were turned away at Fort Worth’s Southwest Sub-Courthouse at 6551 Granbury Road because the voting machines were not working, Democratic chair Allison Campolo said in a text to the Star-Telegram Tuesday afternoon.
Elections administrator Heider Garcia said that as of 1:44 p.m. the machines were back up and running.
As of 1:24 p.m. Tuesday, Campolo said the machines had been down for three hours. Garcia said Tuesday afternoon the down time was nearly an hour and a half. Campolo didn’t know how many voters had been turned away.
This story was originally published March 1, 2022 at 1:57 PM.
Abby Church
Fort Worth Star-Telegram