HOUSTON -- It may take longer to count the votes on Election Day, Harris County election officials warned Monday night.

It's been five years since ballots were delivered in locked boxes, and this year it will be a trip back in time after a massive fire destroyed the majority of the county's election equipment.

Paper ballots became a key part of a quick backup plan.

Sixty percent of the votes have already been cast and the early vote results will come just after the polls close at 7 p.m

http://www.khou.com/news/Paper-ballots-exp...

Some phone lines are down in the North part of town as well.


See also this story I posted last week about the poll workers already harassing voters


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...


Something is going on here in Houston. Anything happening like this in any other cities?