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Collin County elections office reports sharp turnout rise, details hand-count audit and fixes
Summary
Caleb Roe, Collin County elections administrator, told the court that precincts rose after redistricting and that the county hand-count audit has examined about 20,678 ballots (roughly 10% of ballots cast) with no discrepancies found so far; he also outlined printing and procedural fixes and upcoming joint elections.
Caleb Roe, Collin County elections administrator, briefed the Commissioner’s Court on the recent primary election, reporting substantial turnout increases, operational improvements and progress on the state-required post‑election hand‑count audit. Roe said the county increased precincts from 252 to 273 after redistricting and that about 760,111 voters are registered in Collin County. He told the court 200,338 ballots were cast in the primary and that early in‑person voting made up roughly two‑thirds of ballots.
Roe said recent legislative changes now call the review a “post election hand count audit.” He said the state selected several polling locations for the hand count and…
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