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County clarifies DS200 undervote prompts and recommends training for clerks
Summary
Elections Administrator Caleb Breaux said DS200 tabulators prompt voters about undervotes and the county confirmed its settings with the state (citing Texas Administrative Code r.81.52); he recommended training clerks to assist voters without announcing which race was undervoted.
Caleb Breaux told the court the DS200 ballot scanner pauses and prompts voters when it detects an undervote, giving them the choice to accept the ballot or try again. "The DS200 pauses and says, voter, you you've undervoted a contest. Do you wanna accept the ballot as is or reject it and try again?" Breaux said, adding that the county confirmed its machine settings with the state and cited Texas Administrative Code rule 81.52 as the applicable guidance.
Breaux said some poll workers had been proactive in calling out the undervoted contest to voters, which upset some voters; he recommended training polling place clerks to assist voters at the DS200 without announcing which specific contest was undervoted. The court agreed the county should emphasize training and procedures that protect voter privacy while allowing in‑place adjudication when appropriate.
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