The Texas Secretary of State’s Office announced last week that it will audit the 2020 election results in the state’s four largest counties: Collin, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant.
The announcement to audit the counties’ results came just hours after former President Donald Trump requested Texas Gov. Greg Abbott add an Election Audit Bill to the state legislature’s third special session agenda.
That request comes despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud and the Texas secretary of state, who oversaw the 2020 election and was appointed by Abbott, declaring the election “smooth and secure.”
“I know in 2020 the Harris County Commissioner’s Court approved two security audits,” Hidalgo said on Friday. “They were conducted. They came back clean. Our election systems work. All of us, we vote. We watch news of people voting. We know that it is safe and secure. We know all of this is a sham.”
Harris County Elections administrator Isabel Longoria said their office did not receive further instructions or details about the announced audit.
“Having had no heads up,” Longoria said, “Having been given no questions, having heard no concerns from the Secretary of State. I’m now being blindsided about an audit that we have no information on and no direction on. And so my job is to protect the voters of Harris County.”
ABC13 reached out to the governor’s office for a response last week after the announcement, but we have not heard back.
Hidalgo will present the resolution to denounce the audit during Tuesday morning’s commissioners court meeting.
Hidalgo spoke live about the resolution. Look for video of Hidalgo’s remarks to appear in the player above shortly
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