AUSTIN — A state audit of the 2020 presidential election in Texas found data inconsistencies and “large problems” with Dallas County’s election — but turned...
The head of the secretary of state’s forensic audit division said Texans should have a “very high level of confidence in the accuracy of the outcome of Texas elections,” and the four counties investigated had detailed procedures in place to ensure only lawful votes were counted.
, director of the forensic audit division. “In some cases, however, they did not. As outlined in this Report, in cases where procedures were not followed, discrepancies and irregularities ranging from small to large ensued.”The election administration office saw turnover among its most experienced staff members and the phenomenon of “phantom voters” that affected 188 voters, according to the audit.
It was enough of a problem that some locations, including the Irving Arts Center, had a form called the “Phantom Voter List” in the locations’ hard records of the 2020 election. Only the Irving Arts Center had a Phantom Voter List form filled out, according to the audit.The county misplaced 318 provisional ballots not discovered until after the election had been certified. Sixty-three of those ballots should have been counted.
The audit also found issues with Harris County, where Houston is located. The state’s largest elections administration office was unable to provide complete chain of custody records for votes from 14 locations where votes were cast in the 2020 presidential election. That led to incomplete records for 185,000 votes.
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