Partisan spats over vote counting mean Harris Countyโs election results will likely be late again
Waiting for final results from Houston and Harris County has become an unwelcome Texas political ritual. The countyโs sheer size is part of the problem, but so is party squabbling over counting procedures.
Harris County GOP files lawsuit against Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria over 10,000 vote count discrepancy
The Harris County Republican Party announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria during a press conference Monday afternoon.
Harris County GOP officials criticize Isabel Longoria, alleging a failure to properly manage primary election
Harris County Republican Party Chairman Cindy Siegel is joining Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt, HCRP Legal Counsel Steve Mitby and the Partyโs Legal Team to discuss the widespread problems and legal action addressing what they claim is a failure of Election Administrator Isabel Longoria to properly manage the primary election.
โItโs time to stop panderingโ: Judge Lina Hidalgo responds to Texas secretary of stateโs audit of Harris County election results
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo responded Friday to the Texas secretary of stateโs audit of the countyโs election results, saying itโs been 11 months after the 2020 elections and officials have found no evidence of widespread election fraud.
Harris County gets new voting machines. Hereโs how they will work
HOUSTON โ Harris County has some new voting machines. Isabel Longoria, the countyโs elections administrator, introduced the new machines to the public Wednesday. Theyโre touch-screen voting systems. Longoria said the technology allows you to pick your language and your font size, and it also creates a paper trail. Longoria said the first election on these machines will be May 1.
Texas AG Paxton disputes appointments of Harris County elections administrator
Moreover, a request for comment from the Harris County Attorneyโs Office was not returned Tuesday. They are listed in sections 31.031(d) and 31.032(c) of the Texas Election Code. The letter states the following:โAs per Director Ingramโs letter, the Secretary of State received documentation from the Harris County Clerkโs office on July 28, 2020. Longoria did address county commissioners during Tuesdayโs meeting, however, to give an update on the Dec. 12 runoff elections. During that update, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo vowed to support Longoria on whatever she needed to run an election without errors.
Harris County makes final preparations for Election Day
HOUSTON โ On Sunday, about 100 County Clerkโs Office staff members worked to process about 400 presiding election judges. We have over 800 Election Day voting centers,โ Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins said. Workers made sure election judges had their list of voters for each precinct and other items they need to process voters on Election Day. โWe give them essentially the control boards that theyโll be using to check in voters on election days, but we donโt have those machines yet. He said there will be over 11,000 workers on Election Day to make sure all votes get counted.