A judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race in Harris County, Texas.
Judge says 1,430 illegal votes were cast in the race making it impossible to determine the true outcome of the raceA Texas judge has ruled 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. 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.”
In his ruling from last year related to a lawsuit in another judicial race, Peeples wrote he had “found many mistakes” and violations of the election code in Harris County. But not enough votes in the race between candidates Erin Lunceford and Tamika Craft were put in doubt to justify voiding that election, he wrote.
Elections have been scrutinized for several years now in Harris County — which has nearly 5 million residents, most of whom are Latino or Black. Problems have included long lines, poll workers and ballot shortages, and ballots that were not counted on the day of the election.
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