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Judge Brown explains how single‑voter MUD elections work, urges public review
Summary
Liberty County Judge Brown described how municipal utility district (MUD) formation elections can be decided by a single eligible voter in a small newly populated tract, urged residents to check public records and explained limits of county authority over MUD governance.
County Judge Brown spent a substantial portion of the meeting explaining how municipal utility district (MUD) formation elections work and why some MUD votes appear to involve very few eligible voters.
In a lengthy explanation during the public information portion of the Liberty County Commissioners Court meeting, Judge Brown said state law determines who votes in a MUD election and that, in some cases, only a single registered voter lives inside the legally defined district at the time of the vote. "It only takes one cow to vote," he said, using a pasture analogy to illustrate…
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