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Dallas County officials say voting equipment deployment is on schedule; commissioners demand fixes after training glitches
Summary
County election staff told the Commissioners Court the equipment rollout for upcoming elections is underway and on schedule, but commissioners pressed for clearer logistics, fixes to training-room connectivity problems and a contract-term clarification before final signatures.
The Dallas County Commissioners Court heard a contested briefing April 15 on readiness for the May election, with elections staff saying equipment deployments have begun and commissioners pressing for a written logistics plan and fixes after training problems.
Commissioner John Wiley Price said he had asked for a “logistics plan” that detailed staffing, full- and part-time manpower and the step‑by‑step approach for early voting and election day. “I still have not received a play by play to what I'm calling the logistics plan,” Price said during the meeting.
Heydrich Garcia, the elections staff member who answered commissioners’ questions, said deployment began the day before the meeting and that the team had delivered the scheduled materials. “What I can tell you is that deployment started yesterday. We're on schedule. Everything that was scheduled to be delivered yesterday was delivered…
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