Texas Supreme Court orders separate ballots after chaotic Dallas County polling day

The Texas Supreme Court ordered ballots cast by voters who were still in line after 7 p.m. to be separated amid mass confusion over polling locations on primary day in Dallas County, where a county website crashed. Dallas County Judge Staci Williams extended polling hours to 9 p.m. to reduce disruption. Voters were redirected to correct precincts by election navigators, and some locations had party-specific rules in place. By 1 p.m. nearly 50,000 votes had been counted, with thousands turned away or redirected as the court intervened to clarify the process.