Running elections in Texas has never been easy. But since 2020, the scrutiny elections administrators face has grown.
Sign up for The BriefNACOGDOCHES — Since Todd Stallings began working in Nacogdoches County’s elections office in 2003, his responsibilities have grown exponentially.First came a shift toward digital voting records, along with new state legislation that created more duties for elections officials. Then, accusations of foreign interference in the 2016 presidential race stoked the public’s fear about election integrity.
“Answering emails can just eat up a big part of your day,” Stallings said. He and his colleagues are usually doing “customer service” until 5 p.m., at which point they can finally start to work on administrative and planning duties. “One person is particularly persistent,” Thomas said. “He’s wanting to know why it’s this way or why it’s that way.”
administrator. “But our job as election officers is to peel back that curtain and to listen to folks with their concerns.”
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Best in Texas poll (10/3): TCU soars to No. 1; Texas A&M plummetsThere’s a new No. 1 in Texas. After a 55-24 dismantling of Oklahoma, TCU received 10 out of a possible 11 first-place votes in our weekly Best in Texas poll...
Read more »
Texas Likely Voters Identify Texas-Mexico Border as Top IssueLikely voters in Texas identify the Texas-Mexico border as their top issue, a Quinnipiac University poll released this week found.
Read more »
A new must-watch Netflix documentary is coming next monthA Netflix documentary coming in November, 'I Am Vanessa Guillen,' revisits the story of a murder in 2020 at Fort Hood in Texas.
Read more »
Texas woman convicted of killing a pregnant woman to take her unborn babyTexas woman Taylor Rene Parker was found guilty of the October 2020 murder of Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock and the abduction of the daughter cut from her womb who later died.
Read more »
Photos: Migrant Border Crossings Continue Unabated in Texas as New Fiscal Year BeginsAs the federal government begins a new fiscal year, migrant border crossings and apprehensions immediately began to climb.
Read more »