Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth said the political party leaders’ agreement to a joint primary saved the county from a disastrous shortage of voting equipment on Election Day.
Republican Party Chair Cindy Siegel explained her reversal of her previous opposition as regrettable but necessary to comply with a state law passed last year, Senate Bill 924.
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Harris County Republican and Democrat voters will cast ballots using the same equipment at the same polling sites for the Primary Election, the county clerk said.