More than 2,000 ballots cast in Harris County under a court order keeping polls open late on election day must be reported separately from election totals.
Although the state Supreme Court stayed an order to keep polls open to 8:00 p.m., Harris County is attempting to include late votes in its official results.
Following reports of election improprieties, the state’s top investigative agency will assist the district attorney’s office in a criminal investigation.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis filed a lawsuit to extend the count, saying some precinct election records had not yet been counted.
Unofficial totals gave the embattled incumbent judge a one-percentage point victory over Republican Alexandra del Moral Mealer.
Harris County’s Democratic commissioners said a letter from the Texas Secretary of State undermines trust in the democratic process.
The district attorney’s office says David Berry used incomplete and incorrectly skewed data to claim violent crime has fallen.
The county will default to the no-new-revenue tax rate, but increase revenues by an estimated $66 million due to new properties added to the tax rolls.
Newly published documents show that Harris County COVID-19 vaccine outreach funds went to groups compiling data for Democratic candidates and groups.
The latest poll has incumbent Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo trailing Republican challenger Alexandra del Moral Mealer by two points.
Auditors found multiple chain of custody issues and violations of state and federal law requiring maintenance of records in the state’s largest county.
Ramsey and Cagle have rejected entreaties to attend a meeting at which Democrats could force through a tax increase proposal.
