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Hunt County election official urges funding plan after new state rule increased post-election hand counts
Summary
At a Nov. 17 special session, the county's presiding election judge told commissioners a recent change to the election code and growing voter volumes are straining staff and facilities and will require additional voting machines, printers and budgeting for surveillance equipment by 2030.
Doug Rosart, who presided over the most recent Hunt County election, told the Commissioners Court on Nov. 17 that recent state law changes and rising voter volume significantly increased the county’s post-election workload and will require new equipment and facility planning.
Rosart praised elections staff for handling last-minute state directives and said long lines during early voting showed the county is outgrowing its current facility. “We had 6 hours straight where they were lined up outside the door,” Rosart said, and on the 12-hour day the site handled “almost a thousand” voters. He said the county should consider another…
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