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| Texas Elections Official to Resign After Thousands of Uncounted Ballots Found |
| 2022-03-11 |
| [EpochTimes] The Harris County elections commissioner is resigning after 10,000 uncounted ballots for last week’s primary were discovered, according to an announcement posted online on Monday. "Today I am submitting my resignation, effective July 1," Isabel Longoria said in the announcement. "I think this date ensures that there is a presiding officer during the May and June elections and allows the election commission the time they need to find a replacement. I remain committed to the office and its mission and hope to aid in defeating harmful rhetoric to ensure successful elections in the future." It’s not clear exactly why Longoria was resigning. The Harris County Republican Party in Texas recently filed a lawsuit against the commissioner after the 10,000 uncounted ballots were discovered. There were other issues with the primary election, including staffing problems, equipment issues, and longer-than-usual lines, according to local reports. "The buck stops with me to address issues for voters and I did not meet my own standard or the standard set by commissioners," Longoria said Monday. Before Longoria’s statement, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she had spoken with the commissioner about a "change in leadership," Hidalgo told a Commissioners Court meeting last week. It came days after the Harris County Elections Office said that some 6,000 Democratic votes and 4,000 Republican votes weren’t counted and will be added to final tallies for last week’s primary. "While the votes were scanned into our tabulation computer, they were not transferred and counted as a part of the unofficial final results as they should have been," the Harris County Elections Office said in a statement, blaming an "oversight" for why the votes weren’t counted in the county, which is home to Houston. March 1’s primary was the first Texas election that took place in the state under newer, tighter voting laws that were passed last year. Outside of Harris County, thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected across the state for not having new required information. On Monday, the Harris County Republican Party filed a lawsuit against Longoria and the elections office for committing the "worst elections fiasco in Texas history" after the ballots were found, uncounted. In an accompanying statement, the GOP described the incident as "another example of the serious mismanagement of Lina Hidalgo’s unqualified Elections Administrator." Even the Democratic Party of Harris County released a statement calling for an investigation. "We called for a post-election review of all processes—there has not been any skirting of party responsibility, and we have been completely transparent in our desire to dig into the details of what went wrong and identify how to make corrections moving forward," Harris County Democratic Party Chair Odus Evbagharu remarked. Unrelated: More Than 27,000 Mail Ballots across Texas Were Reportedly Flagged for Rejection after procedures tightened. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #11 "...my resignation, effective July 1." End of a typical government's fiscal year is June 30th, although Texas might be different. If it is the 30th of June, this date is all about pensions and number of fiscal years/months 'employed'. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-03-11 16:25 |
| #10 I'd guess that a thorough investigation would require Frank Hamer back on the job. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-03-11 13:25 |
| #9 You want to know the state of affairs in Harris County, Texas? This morning, Texas Rangers (not the baseball team), are serving warrants to seize files and computers across Harris County relating to their Covid operation. Seems it was a scam. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-03-11 12:32 |
| #8 #6 60 / 40 for one political party vs.the other? Nice even ratio/split.. where did we see this before? With decimals! 60.3 / 39.7 |
| Posted by: Hunter Bidens Laptop 2022-03-11 10:54 |
| #7 In that jurisdiction that split probably provides little benefit to either party, and is just incompetence rather than fraud. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-03-11 10:33 |
| #6 60 / 40 for one political party vs.the other? Nice even ratio/split.. where did we see this before? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-03-11 10:14 |
| #5 "...my resignation, effective July 1." Even when the left fucks up, they manage to ride the gravy train for as long as possible. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2022-03-11 10:02 |
| #4 Prolly a distraction from a bigger steal going on elsewhere. A. feint |
| Posted by: Hunter Bidens Laptop 2022-03-11 09:52 |
| #3 Isabel's job was literally counting pieces of paper and she f**ked it up. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-03-11 09:50 |
| #2 She literally is a ‘no good cheater’; only the best cheaters will remain for the general election. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2022-03-11 06:45 |
| #1 mañana administering... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-03-11 06:44 |