The examination of records for the 2021-22 election season in Harris turned up training issues, paper ballot shortages, voting equipment failures, and poor maintenance of voter rolls, according to ...

Harris County Elections Staff members sort ballot bags at the Elections Technology Center in northwest Houston on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune ...

The Secretary of State’s Office will again assign state inspectors to observe the handling and counting of ballots and monitor election records in Harris County, it said while releasing a new ...

The 2021 election was an off-year cycle, with no major candidates on the ballot. Voters did approve eight constitutional amendments , including one that would ban local governments from suspending ...

The Harris County Clerk took over running elections instead. This year, inspectors will oversee the handling and counting of ballots, and monitor election records, the secretary of state said.

Ballots and scanning machines arrive at Harris County’s central counting after polls close in Houston on Nov. 8, 2022. The state is set to create new oversight after the 2023 legislative session.

Elections Texas will send ‘state inspectors’ to monitor Harris County’s 2024 elections. According to the state, Harris County’s 2021-2022 election cycle was impacted by insufficient ...

The 2021-2022 election cycle audit of Harris, Cameron, Guadalupe, and Eastland counties released last week examined the training, preparations, and processes around county elections to ensure that ...

Harris County had 12,833 spoiled ballots in the Nov. 2022 election, a high volume that resulted from frequent paper jams, according to the Texas Secretary of State's office preliminary audit findings.

The Secretary of State’s Office will again assign state inspectors to observe the handling and counting of ballots and monitor election records in Harris County, the state agency said while ...