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Amid allegations about election security, as Harris County opens its polling places for early voting in the mid-terms today, election workers and local officials will be accompanied by election inspectors dispatched from the Texas Secretary of State’s office and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office. In past elections, election inspectors have...
Texas civil rights groups on Tuesday called for federal monitors after what they allege is an undermining of the Harris County midterm elections.
In past elections, election inspectors have been issued by the Secretary of State. However, the presence of inspectors sent by Paxton is not as normal. With growing concerns about these inspectors, County Judge Lina Hidalgo and voter rights organizations are hosting community-wide events. On Saturday, Hidalgo hosted a block walk with actress and activist Jane Fonda and the League of Womens Voters’ of Houston sponsored an early-voting rally.
“I am just concerned that this could be part of interfering with the overall process and results and this is worrisome, so that is why we have asked for the Department of Justice’s help,” Lina Hidalgo said at Saturday’s block walk. “If Texas is here to lend a hand, great, but I want to make sure we have a third party that will be verifying that there will not be any nonsense going on.”
At this time, Tatum’s office is working to provide all the information requested from the last election. He is also working preemptively to avoid any issues in voter information collection in this upcoming election. “We are being compliant with the SOS, as well as working with the County Attorney to make sure we meet their requirements,” said Lynn Munford, Communications and Strategic Partnership Coordinator.
“It is no coincidence that this effort was announced just a couple of days before early voting was about to start,” Hollins said. “They are trying to repeat the same efforts as they did in 2021, today.” Hollins also cites the changes in rules about mail ballots and the decrease to one drop-off location, as another extension of these attempts.
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