Texas officials search for solutions after voting equipment loses certification

Sixty Texas counties are scrambling to replace an important piece of voting equipment after the electronic poll books used to check in voters at the poll were decertified.

In December 2024, the state decertified a poll book from the company Election Systems & Software that was widely used across Texas because thousands of voters in Dallas County received the wrong ballot during the 2024 presidential election, according to a report from the Texas Tribune. At the time, local officials attributed the problem to glitches with the e-poll book.