Summary
At a special session Aug. 21, the commissioners' court approved buying new electronic poll books with election service funds to replace current units for the Nov. 2025 election and future elections; cost and vendor were not specified.
At a special session Thursday, the commissioners' court approved purchasing new electronic poll books with funds from the election service funds to replace existing poll books for the November 2025 election and future elections.
The purchase was presented as a single agenda item during the Aug. 21 special session. A court member moved to approve the purchase and another court member seconded; the court adopted the motion by voice vote. A court member said, "Move for approval." Another court member responded, "I'll second." The presiding official then called for those in favor to raise their hands and declared, "Motion carries. Easy." The meeting record did not include a roll-call tally or identify the members who moved or seconded the motion.
Court business began with the presiding official noting a quorum was present and that Commissioner Kuygendahl was absent. The presiding official also stated the meeting had been properly posted. No members of the public offered comments, and there were no consent-agenda items on the docket before the poll-book purchase was taken up.
The agenda language presented to the court specified that the new electronic poll books would replace existing equipment for the November 2025 election and for future elections and that the purchase would be funded from the election service funds. The transcript and meeting record provided at the session did not specify a dollar amount, vendor, contract term, timeline for delivery and deployment, or whether any trade-in or disposal of existing equipment would occur.
Because the meeting record shows a voice vote with hands raised rather than a recorded roll-call, the exact vote tally and the names of members voting yes, no, abstaining, or absent (beyond the previously noted absence) were not specified in the transcript. The court did not record additional discussion, conditions, or staff direction related to vendor selection, funding limits, or deployment at the time of the motion.
The court did not attach any statutory citation or ordinance to the action during the session. Additional implementation details, including cost, vendor selection process, and timeline, were not provided during the special session and remain to be published in subsequent staff reports or meeting materials.
