{"id":1361381,"date":"2022-03-06T22:08:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T03:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1361381"},"modified":"2022-03-06T22:08:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T03:08:31","slug":"democrat-controlled-election-in-texas-largest-county-fails-to-count-10k-mail-in-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-controlled-election-in-texas-largest-county-fails-to-count-10k-mail-in-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Controlled Election in Texas&#039; Largest County Fails to Count 10K Mail-In Ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-controlled-election-in-texas-largest-county-fails-to-count-10k-mail-in-ballots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1361381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Harris-County-Election-Staff-Counting-Votes-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">HOUSTON, Texas \u2014 Election officials in Texas\u2019 largest county failed to count approximately 10,000 ballots by election day. The Democrat-appointed election administrator for Harris County reported 6,000 of the ballots were cast in the Democratic Party primary and 4,000 in the Republican Party Primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to run through the numerous checks and balances of the tallying process, we identified approximately 10,000 mail-in ballots (6,000 Democratic and 4,000 Republican) that were not added into the original Election Night count,\u201d Harris County Election Administrator Isabel Longoria said in a written statement obtained by Breitbart Texas. \u201cThe oversight occurred between the hours of 1 and 4 a.m. as the political parties that make up the Central Count Committee were reviewing ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The news follows the administrator\u2019s inability to count Election Day votes on Tuesday, Breitbart Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/03\/02\/primary-election-counting-process-in-texas-largest-county-a-disaster-says-lt-governor\/\">reported<\/a>. Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick called the election a \u201cdisaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats in Harris County made up their own rules last election. This election is proving to be a disaster,\u201d Governor Patrick said in a statement\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/election\/texas-secretary-of-state-to-offer-harris-co-assistance-in-counting-votes-after-officials-request-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>\u00a0by Fox 26\u2019s Greg Groogan. \u201cThe issues at the polls today strike at the heart of exactly why we passed Senate Bill 1, the Election Integrity Bill, and why the Texas Senate will continue to pass even stronger election security reforms that improve the integrity of our elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The election day results finally came in well past the statutory 24-hour deadline, Fox 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/election\/2022-texas-primary-election-10000-mail-in-ballots-not-added-into-original-election-night-count\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Fox 26\u2019s Sunday morning news show, \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Point,\u201d former Houston mayoral candidate Bill King said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything vaguely as incompetent as this. I don\u2019t see any partisan advantage one way or the other. This was just gross incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King elaborated that the missing votes could change the outcome in some closely contested races.<\/p>\n<p>Other panelists on the show, Republican and Democrat, railed on Longoria\u2019s office and the complete disaster that the primary election process became. Watch the video above for their complete commentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile 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,\u201d Longoria\u2019s office said of the non-counted 10,000 votes. \u201cThese votes will be added to the final count when the Central Count Committee next convenes on Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putting the best possible spin on the incident, Longoria\u2019s office concluded, \u201cWhile we understand the seriousness of this error, the ability to identify and correct this issue is a result of a lengthy, rigorous process and is a positive example of the process ultimately working as it should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they will work closely with the Texas Secretary of State\u2019s Office to \u201cinvestigate the missteps that took place in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/bob-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/bob-price\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1583344635394000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFbc5T2NTdEL9_YFsQbXuOF3xOKVQ\"><em>Bob Price<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1583344635394000&#038;usg=AFQjCNHrdMnYOa5wlYK9eCiMk9vHw1BGNg\">Breitbart Texas-Border team<\/a>. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston\u2019s\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/shows\/whats-your-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What\u2019s Your Point?<\/a>\u00a0<i>Sunday-morning talk show.\u00a0<\/i><em>Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobPriceBBTX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobPriceBBTX&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1583344635395000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEQb2a1GHzWfQaF6dz8gp3IFFlH8w\"><em>@BobPriceBBTX<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bob.Price.Texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bob.Price.Texas\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1583344635395000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFfJwbhsecZ4WkzQBHLHi_V6PHh6Q\">Face<wbr \/>book<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON, Texas \u2014 Election officials in Texas\u2019 largest county failed to count approximately 10,000 ballots by election day. The Democrat-appointed election administrator for Harris County reported 6,000 of the ballots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1361381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}