An election integrity group is conducting a review of ballots from the 2020 Republican primary election in Tarrant County, Texas, specifically in the Senate primary.
The group has alleged fraudulent activity surrounding the 2020 elections and has been investigating the ballots from the March 2020 primary since they became public record, according to a report from Votebeat Texas.
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“We’re not here as Republicans or Democrats. A lot of people don’t have faith in our elections, so we’re just here counting, making sure that what the secretary of state’s numbers say are right,” John Raymond, a volunteer with Tarrant County Citizens for Election Integrity, told Votebeat.
The group says on its website it believes “that every American has the right to a secure election and the assurance that their vote is recorded and counted in the way that they intended.” The group has repeatedly pushed against the use of electronic voting machines over allegations they could be manipulated.
The report says the group has been analyzing the ballots cast in the Republican Senate primary from March 2020, which John Cornyn won with 73% of the vote in Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, before winning the general election that November.
The Tarrant County government outlines processes for elections, including security measures on its website, calling the methods and machines used secure and directing to a statement from the state Secretary of State ensuring the safety of elections.
“There’s nothing wrong with the election. But the ballots are now public and it’s their right [to inspect them], and we will do everything that we have to do to make sure they can exercise their right to inspect public records,” Heider Garcia, a Tarrant county election administrator, told Votebeat.
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The review of ballots in Tarrant County is the latest in various efforts to reevaluate ballots from the 2020 election, including efforts in Arizona and Georgia. The courts and election officials have roundly rejected claims of there being fraud on the scale which would have altered the results of the 2020 election, and election machine companies have filed defamation lawsuits against those who alleged their equipment was used to switch votes.
