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Residents, precinct judges urge hand-marked paper ballots and raise FOIA concerns over ballot sequencing and scanner records
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Tarrant County Election Board meeting urged a move to hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots, cited President Trump's executive order and federal court rulings, and reported records discrepancies from FOIA requests, including claims of unaccounted sequential ballot numbers and missing scanner tapes.
Several residents, election judges and civic activists used the meeting's public-comment period to urge the Tarrant County Election Board to adopt hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots, to cite pending federal action and an executive order, and to report results of public-record requests they said show gaps in county records. Commenters referenced a March presidential executive order and a Fifth Circuit ruling on counting mail ballots, and several speakers urged the county to prepare for possible federal changes. Multiple commenters said that paper ballots counted by hand would increase public confidence. Election judges who serve on the county…
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