The Dallas County Elections Department is addressing an issue that led to long wait times for some voters on the first day of in-person early voting. DCED said the problem was first reported early Monday morning when poll workers noticed a black screen that required devices to be restarted to continue checking voters in.

The number of Texans who showed up at the polls on the first day of early voting is up at least 15% over the 2020 presidential election of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. At least 870,000 cast a ballot Monday,

Heider Garcia told WFAA glitches with the digital check-in process caused long lines and, in some cases, wrong ballots.