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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst part of Texas' 2020 election audit reveals few issues, echoes findings from review processes a
Who is surprised that the results of this "audit" was released on the Friday before a holiday? There was no fraud
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The Texas secretary of states office has released the first batch of results from its review into the 2020 general election, finding few issues despite repeated, unsubstantiated claims by GOP leaders casting doubts on the integrity of the electoral system.
The first phase of the review, released New Years Eve, highlighted election data from four counties Harris, Dallas, Tarrant and Collin that showed few discrepancies between electronic and hand counts of ballots in a sample of voting precincts. Those partial manual counts made up a significant portion of the results produced by the secretary of state, which largely focused on routine voter roll maintenance and post-election processes that were already in place before the state launched what it has labeled as a full forensic audit.
On Friday, Samuel Taylor, a spokesperson with the secretary of states office, said the review was needed to provide clarity on what issues need to be resolved for the next elections.......
The much-hyped four-county review by the secretary of states office, the state agency that oversees elections, was announced in September, just hours after former President Donald Trump publicly pressed Gov. Greg Abbott to add election audit legislation to the agenda for the states third special legislative session last fall. As part of his baseless effort to cast doubt on the outcome of his failed reelection bid, Trumps call came despite the lack of evidence of irregularities in the states election and the fact that he won the state.
The first phase of the review, released New Years Eve, highlighted election data from four counties Harris, Dallas, Tarrant and Collin that showed few discrepancies between electronic and hand counts of ballots in a sample of voting precincts. Those partial manual counts made up a significant portion of the results produced by the secretary of state, which largely focused on routine voter roll maintenance and post-election processes that were already in place before the state launched what it has labeled as a full forensic audit.
On Friday, Samuel Taylor, a spokesperson with the secretary of states office, said the review was needed to provide clarity on what issues need to be resolved for the next elections.......
The much-hyped four-county review by the secretary of states office, the state agency that oversees elections, was announced in September, just hours after former President Donald Trump publicly pressed Gov. Greg Abbott to add election audit legislation to the agenda for the states third special legislative session last fall. As part of his baseless effort to cast doubt on the outcome of his failed reelection bid, Trumps call came despite the lack of evidence of irregularities in the states election and the fact that he won the state.
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First part of Texas' 2020 election audit reveals few issues, echoes findings from review processes a (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2022
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. Repubes will keep flinging shit at walls
...as long as they can squander taxpayer money on it.
Anything to perpetuate THE BIG LIE for people who do not require facts or evidence.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)2. Kick
LoisB
(7,206 posts)3. What kind of idiots would waste money on an "audit" in a state where the perceived beneficiary
won?