'There is no question that the supply of paper was more than sufficient for the 350,000 in-person voters who cast a two-page ballot on Election Day,' Hakim said, adding that additional supplies of paper ballots were delivered to locations throughout the county on Election Day.
The Harris County election office's own report on a paper ballot shortage was inconclusive because officials said they had to rely on anecdotal information from election judges and because the county does not have a tracking system to report whether an issue at a polling place was resolved. The report notes that 68 precinct judges recalled 'running out of their initial allotment of paper,' and 61 of those received additional paper. But 22 alternate judges at those locations gave conflicting information saying they had not run out of paper."