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Elections staff report equipment checks and payroll fixes; court warns of capacity needs for paper-ballot primary

Dallas County Commissioners Court · January 16, 2026
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Summary

Elections staff reported an isolated equipment issue at a Glen Heights polling location (possible overheating caused by continuous operation) and said payroll processes have improved after adopting ADP; commissioners discussed the Republican Party's interest in paper ballots for a primary and warned that separate paper-ballot administration would require many more temporary workers and higher costs.

Elections staff briefed the commissioners on post-election reviews, the status of a reported equipment problem at Glen Heights and payroll-process improvements following a transition to ADP.

Staff said they isolated a unit at Glen Heights that had been left on continuously during the early-voting period; personnel were dispatched to test…

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