Over the weekend, the Election Administrator's office announced that about 10,000 mail-in ballots were scanned but never added to the unofficial results.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- Political parties in Harris County are demanding answers after 10,000 mail-in ballots from both parties were not added to the original Election Night count.
As part of the demand for answers, the Harris County Republican Party filed the lawsuit on Monday. The party also called for Elections Administrator, Isabel Longoria, to resign or be fired. Over the weekend, Longoria announced that 6,000 Democratic ballots and 4,000 Republican ballots were scanned but never added into the unofficial results. The Secretary of State's Office discovered the error.State senator calls for elections administrator to resign after 10K mail-in ballots mischaracterized
The lawsuit, which names Longoria by name, claims she interfered with the Republican Party chair's supervision of the primary election by"failing to abide the county chair's appointment of Presiding Judges and alternate judges," and she interfered with"the county chair's supervision by electing to treat a 10,000 vote discrepancy in the county as a matter 'for further investigation rather than providing the county chairs and the presiding judges the underlying data...
In addition, the lawsuit accuses Longoria of interfering by 'failing to follow the county chairs suggestion for staging the counting station."The lawsuit states the Republican Party is asking for over $100,000, but not more than $250,000 and non-monetary relief.For more on this story, follow Pooja Lodhia on
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