Texas judge orders new election after GOP lawsuit challenged 2022 election result in Houston area

FILE - Visiting Judge David Peeples prepares to listen to arguments in a hearing about the November Harris County elections at Harris County Civil Courthouse on Aug. 1, 2023, in Houston . Peeples has ruled, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race and ordered that a new election be held in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold that’s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate how ballots are cast.

But in a 32-page ruling issued Wednesday, visiting Judge David Peeples ruled in favor of Pierce, saying 1,430 illegal votes were cast in the race.Trial for final wrongful death suit in Astroworld concert crowd crush is set for SeptemberPeeple wrote that among the illegal votes, 983 were cast by people living outside Harris County and 445 were cast by voters who did not show photo identification or did not show a substitute ID document.

Brown did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment. He told other news outlets he planned to appeal the ruling. Harris County GOP Chairman Cindy Siegel said voters “can now have some faith restored in our electoral process.”that had been filed by GOP candidates challenging their losses in the November 2022 election. Pierce’s lawsuit had been the sole unresolved case.

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