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Elections office says vendor in distress but county controls voter database; equipment maintenance on track for November
Summary
Dallas County elections staff told commissioners the vendor for its voter registration system is facing financial distress; staff said the county runs its system on local servers and plans to complete annual maintenance on voting equipment before the November election and to transition to the statewide registration system after November.
Dallas County elections officials updated the Commissioners Court on Aug. 20 about equipment readiness and a vendor dispute affecting voter registration services, telling the court the county’s environment and equipment posture provide a workable path to November while a longer transition to the statewide system is planned.
An elections official told the court that ES&S (Election Systems & Software) is finishing annual maintenance on voting machines and that inventory for November was sufficient: roughly 1,100 DS200 precinct scanners…
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