Dallas Polling Sites Were Down for Hours on Election Day 'We’ll never know, I suspect, how many people literally did not get to vote in this election that wanted to,' Mayor Eric Johnson said. By Alex Macon Published in FrontBurner May 12, 2021 5:58 pm Snafus downed at least 10 9 polling locations for as many as four hours during Dallas City Council elections on May 1, showing that there were more Election Day problems than had been previously reported. [ Update: 9 polling locations were temporarily closed, with other issues reported at two others; the original headline of this story has been changed to reflect that.] This emerged Wednesday as City Council members grilled Michael Scarpello, the county’s election administrator. They further decided in a 11-3 vote (one council member was absent) to tell off the Dallas County Elections Department by refusing to pay it to run the upcoming runoffs scheduled for June 5.