The audit reaffirmed the county failed to supply voting centers with enough paper ballots, the registration system listed 9,000 more voters than records, and 3,600 mail ballots were sent that were not reported.
With less than three weeks away from this year's election, a new audit details what went wrong in Harris County during the 2022 election.A preliminary report from the Texas Secretary of State's office found that Harris County's 2022 election administration had "multiple failures" that could have prevented some voters from casting a ballot, but the report stopped short of suggesting the outcome of any race was affected.
"Harris County clearly had multiple failures conducting the election and violated election law for estimating needed ballot paper. Mistakes like these led to a poorly executed election which left many Harris County residents frustrated and may have prevented them from voting," Secretary of State Jane Nelson said in a statement. "It is important to talk about these issues now in order to address them before the 2024 election cycle.
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