During the 2026 Democrat primary runoff, Markowitz claimed she was told she was ineligible to vote and had to vote via a provisional ballot. She then posted a ridiculous selfie and took a jab at the non-existent Texas Elections Commission (assumingly she meant the Texas Ethics Commission) even though its Fort Bend County who operated the elections, and it was a clerical error from a local Fort Bend election official uploading the wrong file. There was no hardware problem with voting machines. Interestingly, Markowitz is wearing a campaign tshirt in her selfie photo, which would be a violation of electioneering laws if she wore it inside the polling place, although she clarified she was in a Walgreens not a polling place when she took the photo

During the 2026 Democrat primary runoff, Markowitz claimed she was told she was ineligible to vote and had to vote via a provisional ballot. She then posted a ridiculous selfie and took a jab at the non-existent Texas Elections Commission (assumingly she meant the Texas Ethics Commission) even though its Fort Bend County who operated the elections, and it was a clerical error from a local Fort Bend election official uploading the wrong file. There was no hardware problem with voting machines. Interestingly, Markowitz is wearing a campaign t-shirt in her selfie photo, which would be a violation of electioneering laws if she wore it inside the polling place, although she clarified she was in a Walgreens not a polling place when she took the photo. ♦ Markowitz posted about it on social media. Her Facebook post which got much more traction than her X post, stated “Color me unimpressed with the Texas Elections Commission.”

Facebook 05/26/2026

https://x.com/ElizMarkowitz/status/2059393436982096026

♦ Markowitz was wearing an “Elect Maria T. Jackson” t-shirt. A commentator pointed this out, and Markowitz implied she was not wearing the shirt to vote by stating the selfie was at a Walgreens.

Facebook 05/27/2026

♦ The glitch was caused by a clerical error from a local Fort Bend election official uploading the wrong file. There was no hardware problem with voting machines. State agencies were not at fault.

"A thorough review of this incident is currently underway," Wong said, "and I am requesting a complete review of the election administration procedures to

strengthen safeguards and to ensure that disruption to county voting operations do not happen in the future." Wong's communications director, Bobby Eberle, told Houston Public Media on Tuesday the glitch didn't affect voting machines, but rather the software that's used to check in voters and verify their registrations. "They just uploaded the wrong file accidentally, one of the elections administrator's personnel," Eberle said. "As soon as they did that, they were isolating the problem and working with the vendor to find a solution." Polling hours were not extended on Election Day as a result of the problem. According to election officials in the county southwest of Houston, voters who were unable to successfully check in could choose to submit a provisional ballot. Houston Public Media, 05/28/2026