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Election office to end VOTEC contract; court authorizes termination and keeps Clarity Connect reporting contract

5675624 · August 26, 2025
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Summary

Rockwall County Commissioners authorized the county elections administrator to terminate the voter-registration contract with VOTEC and approved a renewal amendment with SOE (Clarity Connect) for election-night reporting and training. The court also approved a slate of election judges for upcoming elections.

The Rockwall County Commissioners Court on Aug. 26 authorized Elections Administrator Chris Lynch to terminate the county’s agreement with VOTEC and to sign a termination letter in accordance with the contract’s notice provisions.

Lynch told the court he had determined, with advice from county counsel, that continuing the county’s relationship with VOTEC (a third-party voter-registration vendor) posed an unacceptable risk because the company had become…

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