Voting continues in El Paso despite poll pad issues

UPDATE (11:57 PM) – The El Paso County Elections Department has provided an update saying when polls opened some experienced an inability to allow voters to select a party via voter check-in pads, known as poll pads.

According to officials, all machines used to vote and cast a voter’s ballot have been and remain fully functional and without issue.

Voters can continue to vote at all voting sites and the poll pads which voters use to check-in do not impact the machines used to vote, according to a spokeswoman with the El Paso County Elections Department.

Officials say for voting sites where the poll pad machines are not functioning, election workers are able to manually check-in voters and voters are able to cast their votes using a voting machine. Elections remains in close communication with its poll pad vendor that is actively attempting to identify and correct this issue for El Paso County and other counties that experienced issues this morning.

All voting sites remain open and, as with any election, voters are encouraged to check estimated real time wait times at various voting sites when heading out to their voting place of choice here: https://epcountyvotes.com/voter-information/election-day-vote-centers.

El Paso County will continue to provide updates as the County’s poll pad vendor restores
functionality for poll pads across all El Paso voting sites.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- ABC-7 viewers have reported issues at polling locations across El Paso.

A county election spokesperson told ABC-7 that the voting machines are operating correctly.

"Some locations are having issues with their poll pads. Voters are still able to be processed. They need to check in manually at these locations and that is taking extra time. We are working with our vendor to get all of the poll pads operational as soon as possible."

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.