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FORT WORTH — A few isolated problems have punctuated a relatively smooth kick-off to early voting in Texas, election officials and voting rights activists said.
Responding with remarkable speed to squash misinformation, election officials in North Texas and Austin have repeatedly assured voters that equipment works properly and votes are recorded accurately.
In Tarrant County, Texas’ largest swing county, a voter claimed a printed ballot did not reflect his selection for president. Videos of voters repeating the man’s claim — that a machine switched his vote — briefly circulated on social media.
In actuality,the county believes the man made the wrong selection while voting. After notifying officials, poll workers canceled that ballot and the voter was allowed to cast a new one. Since the incident, both the Tarrant County Elections office and the county judge …