Texas Republicans put Harris County elections under scrutiny
Harris County elections are coming under scrutiny again from statewide elected Republicans.
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Harris County elections are coming under scrutiny again from statewide elected Republicans.
Republican county officials, as well as candidates for statewide offices, suggest that counting by hand would be more reliable than machine tabulation. Research shows the opposite.
A 2014 US Presidential Commission set a guideline that voters should not have to wait more than 30 minutes to cast their ballots. In some voting districts, it’s taking longer than an hour.
Long waits can discourage future voting, a Texas A&M professor of history says.
A partisan election system, attacks on election administration and widespread disinformation place the U.S. democracy in a precarious position.