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Resident urges Brazos County to prepare hand-counting plan and apply for HAVA funds as new federal standards loom

5078224 · June 26, 2025
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A resident asked Brazos County commissioners on June 24 to direct elections staff to prepare a hand-count contingency plan and to consider applying for Help America Vote Act funds ahead of potential equipment decertification.

A resident urged the Brazos County Commissioners Court on June 24 to direct the county elections office to prepare a written contingency plan in case local electronic voting systems are decertified under recently revised federal standards.

Dr. Walter Doherty told the court he had drafted a resolution "to direct the elections department to immediately prepare a comprehensive plan for conducting elections in Brazos County without addition to any independent or third party counters." He said the plan would include training hand counters…

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