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Fort Bend election IT staff mobilized for Election Day; systems set to verify against server time
Summary
Elections staff said four IT workers were in the field during early voting, about a dozen will be scheduled for Election Day, and systems are configured to verify time every 30 minutes against Microsoft server time to avoid time‑related issues.
Commissioners heard that four IT workers were deployed for early voting and a larger team will be in place for Election Day. "4 IT workers are in the field for today’s early voting, we will have a dozen on Election Day," staff reported, and said roughly 40% of early‑voting IT staff should already be familiar with Election Day processes.
Staff also reported that daylight saving/time‑zone behavior had been tested and that the system is configured to perform a time verification against Microsoft server time every 30 minutes. The update was informational; commissioners did not direct additional technical changes but were briefed on staffing and time‑sync safeguards.
