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Council approves minutes after members raise one-ballot error; council also confirms three Charter Review Commission nominees
Summary
During approval of special-session minutes, a council member raised a ballot issue in the recent canvass — one voter was given the wrong ballot and three ballots were affected (two corrected, one already submitted) — and the council approved the minutes and later confirmed three nominees to the Charter Review Commission.
The Crockett City Council approved minutes for a May 9 special session after a council member asked that a documented ballot-machine/ballot mix-up be noted in the record.
At the start of the meeting a council member said she had spoken with elections staff (identified in the discussion as Cynthia Long) about a canvass issue in which one or more voters were given the wrong ballot at check-in. The council member said three voters were involved: two were identified and given the correct ballots before voting and one voter submitted a ballot that did not include the mayoral candidate because the wrong ballot type had been issued. Staff confirmed the incident is documented in the election certification and that Cynthia Long’s notes record the event. The council member asked that the response and documentation be preserved in the public record so future reviews could reference it.
After the discussion, the council member moved to approve the minutes for the special session of 05/09/2025; the motion was seconded and the council approved the minutes.
Later in the meeting the council considered nominations to the Charter Review Commission. The council approved nominations for James Henry, Joseph James and Thomas Shelley to replace Ann Wells, Christopher Price and Louis Ball. The council moved, seconded and voted to confirm the appointments.
Council members emphasized the importance of record retention for election documentation and said staff had indicated the incident was recorded in the election certification. The council did not direct a formal re-canvass or other remedial election action in the meeting record; staff said the matter was noted in certification paperwork maintained by the elections office.
