37 Texas counties show voting discrepancies, but not enough to alter 2020 election outcome

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'Obviously, we want everything to be precisely spot-on, and we're going to give counties the ability to do that,' Texas' elections director said in reaction to the voting discrepancies.

Researchers from the University of Florida conducted the analysis in Texas' 254 counties and found mistakes in both Republican and Democratic counties. Former Presidentwas listed by the Texas secretary of state as receiving 5,890,347 total votes but got 223 more, according to the findings. Meanwhile, Biden's listed total was 5,259,126, but he received 155 more.

The research adds to a pile of evidence that contradicts the belief, widespread among Republicans, that elections in Democratic areas are rife with errors, irregularities and mismanagement. While errors in the tally do occur, research shows they tend to be random and small scale and do not benefit one party or the other.

But they take on greater significance at a time when Trump supporters are calling for increased scrutiny of Democratic election offices, such as in Texas, where Attorney General Ken Paxton is among the Republicans supporting legislation that would audit the state's largest counties—most of which were carried by Biden last year.

Election experts say the Texas example shows the need for regular oversight of the system—as opposed to the so-called forensic audits that Trump supporters have backed that don't follow established procedures and chase wild theories of voting fraud.

"If it's different, then that's going to be an input error, and it's probably on the secretary of state," said Terry Hamilton, a clerk in the Gillespie County elections office.

 

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