Texas district attorney reveals voting mix-up let partner cast vote in her name in Super Tuesday loss

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has raised alarms about voting procedures in Texas after she was turned away from the polls on Super Tuesday because her ballot had already been cast.

In a statement posted on X, Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth said Ms Ogg was unable to vote after her partner – with whom she shares an address – inadvertently cast a ballot in her name during early voting last week.

“Last Friday, DA Ogg’s partner, who is registered to vote at the same address as DA Ogg, voted in the primary under DA Ogg’s name,” the statement read.

“In the process of qualifying a voter, each voter is asked to review and confirm the information that appears on the iPad screen, including the voter’s name. If the information that appears on the screen is not accurate, the voter must notify the election clerk.

“In this instance, the DA’s partner must not have noticed that the information was not hers, and proceeded to sign in and vote under DA Ogg’s name. We believe this is the case because DA Ogg’s partner signed her own name as confirmation,” Ms Hudspeth added.

“Clerical errors can occur at the polls. It is the voter’s responsibility to verify that their information on the iPad screen is correct before they are issued a poll code,” the statement continued.

Ms Ogg, whose name was on Tuesday’s Democratic primary ballot, was later able to cast her vote, according to Ms Hudspeth.

“We were able to assist DA Ogg with rectifying this voter error so she can cast her ballot,” Ms Hudspeth said in a statement, adding that the vote cast by DA Ogg’s partner cast has been transferred to her own name.

Following the mixup, Ms Ogg told CNN that the incident raised questions over voting procedures in Harris County.

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