An election probe heightens the tension between Texas leaders and the Houston area. | via NPR's ashlopezradio
In this 2020 file photo, an election poll worker stands among voting machines in Houston. Texas state Republican leaders are accusing officials in Houston's Harris County of"election improprieties" that marred Election Day last month.Tension between GOP state leaders in Texas and election officials in the Democratic-leaning Houston area is at an all-time high after the 2022 election.
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee told NPR the investigation is"just an escalation of the unnecessary and unwarranted scrutiny that they've applied to Harris County elections since the county went blue" in 2018.against the county, and threatened more. He says state election officials have also conducted multiple audits in the county, which have now escalated to a criminal investigation.
Election inspectors — who are neutral third-party observers, often state employees who volunteer each election year — reported issues at some polling sites with getting voting machines to work and with scanning ballots, along with certain locations not having enough poll workers and equipment. Menefee said these issues are not unheard of in counties of Harris' size. It has roughly 4.7 million residents.
"In order to make out something that rises to the criminal level, they would have to prove really a premeditated intent," he told NPR.cited by the Texas secretary of state's office,"a person commits an offense if the person is responsible for distributing election supplies for an election and intentionally fails to distribute any of the supplies by the deadline."
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