DALLAS (AP) — The elections administrator for Dallas County is asking a court to allow for a paper recount of votes cast electronically in the county on Super Tuesday.

Toni Pippins-Poole said in a news release that she requested the recount Friday after discrepancies were found with thumb drives in 44 of the county's scanner and tabulation machines located at the county's 454 precincts.

The Dallas Morning News first reported that Pippins-Poole stated in an affidavit that the number of ballots signed by voters does not match the number of ballots counted on the 44 thumb drives.

It was not immediately clear how many votes may not have been counted.

Pippins-Poole said a paper ballot backup system is included in the county's electronic voting machines.

"With this paper backup, and in consultation with the Texas Secretary of State, I have asked the District Court to allow Dallas County to authorize the recount of the paper ballots through the central counting station tabulator," according to the release.

Elections officials will "make the results available to the public as quickly as possible” if the court grants the recount request, Pippins-Poole said.