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State and federal law mandates that county election officials retain records for 22 months, according to the secretary of state's office. The law states that the count can happen at any time, so long as it occurs while counties are still required to maintain the applicable election records. The secretary of state position has been vacant sinceВ Ruth Ruggero Hughs resigned from her post in May.В Abbott has yet to nominate a replacement.

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The agency has said it hasВ the authority to conduct such a review under state law, which authorizes the secretary of state or a person designated by the secretary to conduct a manual or automatic count of 'any portion of any number of ballots from any precinct in which the electronic voting system was used.' More: Trump asks Abbott to add 2020 election audit legislation to special session agenda 'The purpose of this audit is to ensure all Texas voters can have confidence in the elections systems in our state, and to address any outstanding issues county election officials may face that undermines the integrity of our elections,' the document reads.

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Any 'irregularities or deviations' from procedure identified in these documents could trigger a full manual recount of ballots in affected precincts or polling locations, according to the audit summary. This review will include an examination of various documents from each of the four counties, including accuracy test records for voting machines, a list of registered voters and official documents used to track ballot applications and chain of custody for important documents from early voting and Election Day. The second phase of the audit is scheduled to start next spring, and it will be a 'comprehensive election records examination' to ensure that election administration procedures were followed during the 2020 election, according to the 'Full Forensic Audit Summary' provided by the agency. More: Texas launches audit of 2020 general election results in four major counties The agency clarified in the second statement late Tuesday that the portionsВ of the process already underway, or completed, are things all counties are required to do by law after an election, including identifying and removing illegally registered voters conducting partial manual counts of some ballots and completing security assessments of county election systems. Election audit underway, second phase to start in 2022 Greg Abbott said Sunday on Fox News, 'these audits that the stateВ of Texas is doing, they actually began months ago.'Д«ut officials in the four countiesВ - Harris, Dallas, Tarrant and Collin - saidВ they were unaware of the audits and had not received specific informationВ about what the process would entail. The initial statement from the secretary of state's office said the audits were already underway and Gov. Greg Abbott to add an election audit bill to the agenda of the Legislature's current special session. The agency announced the 'forensic audit'В in a short statement last Thursday evening, hours after former President Donald Trump had publicly called on Gov. The Texas secretary of state's officeВ is auditing 2020 election results in four Texas counties toВ 'ensure all Texas voters can have confidence in the elections systems of our state,' according to a statement from the office providing the first details of the effort first announced last week.

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