Texas has a relatively honest election system these days, which is one reason why 'Rats are totally teed off about the state. If I'm not mistaken, you haven't had a 'Rat governor since W ousted Ma Richards.
Now what kind of "machine" did you vote with? Remember that going to a higher tech level in elections does not necessarily make the election more honest.
Don’t know what ‘brand’ but we use a touch screen with a hand held kind of ‘dobber’ and you have to go through each page to verify that it is accurate before you hit ‘vote’.
I imagine Obama left a lot of the older “illegal children” here in Texas to help win an eventual dem victory in Texas.