A bill that would give the Secretary of State the power to call for an election do-over passed the state senate Tuesday. The author of Texas Senate Bill 1993 said it’s aimed at preventing Harris County from running out of ballot paper.
Mattress Mack, or Jim McIngvale, is known by nearly all of Houston. But the man himself is far more complex than furniture commercials, sports bets and memes.
Several Harris County polling locations ran out of ballot paper and had technical issues on Election Day. Some election judges of both parties blame staff layoffs and poor training of Election Day workers for making those problems worse.