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Judge asked to keep Galveston County polling centers open later
Judge asked to keep county polling centers open laterMany of the polling centers in Galveston County had trouble getting people to vote this morning. After delays, most of the county's voting centers were up and running by 9 a.m.
County political party officials are set to ask a judge to order polls stay open late tonight.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. but at many locations poll workers did not start the computer systems early enough to be ready on time, Chief Deputy County Clerk for Elections Bill Sargent said.
"We told (workers) that it would take a while and to get started at 6 a.m.," Sargent said. "Where there are delays, they didn't do that."
The issue was widespread and caused delays at almost all of the county's 45 voting centers.
