Texas election audit comes up dry

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The first phase of the Texas election audit demanded by former President Donald Trump failed to find significant voting issues, according to a report by the secretary of state's office.

The first phase consisted of a partial manual count of ballots and security assessments in four of the largest counties in the Lone Star state, the Texas Tribune reported. All counties are already required to undergo this as part of the normal process.

"There doesn't seem to be anything too far out of the ordinary with respect to the information that's provided," he told the newspaper.

The audit found few differences between the manual and electronic ballot counts, and only 509 possible cross-state duplicate votes—less than .005 percent of the more than 11.3 million ballots cast in Texas. Nine of these ballots were cast on Collin County, 12 in Dallas County, 27 in Harris County and 12 in Tarrant County, according to the report.

Didn't Trump win Texas? Why would he want an audit?
 
Didn't Trump win Texas? Why would he want an audit?

I think at this point he just wants to prove there was fraud somewhere, that makes it easier to convince the MAGAts that there was fraud in other states that he did not carry.

Of course, they already are convinced of that, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.
 
Still dry.

Texas Republicans have failed to find any substantial evidence of outcome-altering fraud in the 2020 presidential election after leading a months-long recount at Donald Trump's behest.

The findings, reported by the secretary of state's office on New Year's Eve, are part of the first phase of the audit, which targets the four largest counties in the Lone Star State: Collin, Dallas, Harris, and Tarrant. According to The Texas Tribune, the initial findings bore "few discrepancies between electronic and hand counts of ballots in a sample of voting precincts."

Specifically, the audit unearthed only 509 possible duplicate votes – less than 0.005% of the approximate 11.3 million ballots cast in the state. Further, only 67 votes were cast under the names of voters who were deceased.

Remi Garza, president of the Texas Association of Election Administrators, said that the results aren't "too far out of the ordinary."
 
I think at this point he just wants to prove there was fraud somewhere, that makes it easier to convince the MAGAts that there was fraud in other states that he did not carry.

Of course, they already are convinced of that, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.


They'll see a lack of evidence as a conspiracy. They've become cult fanatics, nothing will change their minds at this point.
And as for politicians like Abbott, they know there's no real evidence, but it makes them look good for their own constituents that they're looking for it, even if it means wasting millions in tax-payer dollars.



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How often do we normally run audits? I mean just for shits n giggles. As a former Marine and current gamer I know there is no such animal as a perfect circle. In fact there is a bare minimum of flaws I would expect. I don't think for a second the election was stolen. I just think there is a margin of error that should both show up and raise zero brows.
 
How often do we normally run audits? I mean just for shits n giggles. As a former Marine and current gamer I know there is no such animal as a perfect circle. In fact there is a bare minimum of flaws I would expect. I don't think for a second the election was stolen. I just think there is a margin of error that should both show up and raise zero brows.

Depends on the state, but that sounds like something you should investigate for your state.
 
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