Confusion at the polls seemed limited. Dallas County administrators said Wednesday that they had reviewed about a third of the provisional ballots cast on Tuesday. They counted only five so far that had been submitted because of problems related to the new law.

Those results seemed to deal a blow to Democrats’ arguments that the law will disenfranchise voters.  “I think this is a made-up issue by many Democrats,” said Wade Emmert, chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party. “As time goes on, fewer and fewer people believe that there is any voter suppression because of it.”

But Taylor Holden, executive director of the Dallas County Democratic Party, said Tuesday’s experience doesn’t necessarily indicate how the law will affect future elections. Primary turnout is typically lower than in the November general election, she said.