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Commissioner raises concerns about overheated voting machines, long lines in Glen Heights precinct
Summary
During the Nov. 17 special call, a court official raised complaints that express-vote machines in Glen Heights overheated or locked up, causing long lines and processing one voter at a time; elections staff said they had no calls from that district and the commissioner asked staff to investigate.
An unidentified court official used the Nov. 17 special call to put on the record reports from election workers and voters that express-vote machines overheated and repeatedly locked up at a Glen Heights precinct during the Nov. 4 election.
The official said election workers reported "machines were overheating or the number of them were down" and that "they could only process 1 voter at a time before the machine locked up again." The official also described long lines and voter complaints, saying some voters felt "ambushed" and that the precinct ran out of ballots.
Elections staff (unidentified, S2) responded on the record that they did not receive calls from District 1—the district the official referenced—indicating no reports logged for that specific district. The official asked elections staff to check whether similar problems occurred elsewhere in the county.
No formal investigation outcome was recorded during the special call; the request was placed on the record for follow-up by elections staff. The court proceeded to the motion to certify the canvas after the exchange.
