Entity: Texas - Dallas County

Records Request to Dallas County, Texas, for Records Reflecting Requests to Inspect Voted Ballots Made by Members of the Public

November 30, 2022
Records request to Dallas County, Texas, seeking records of requests to inspect voted ballots made by members of the public. In August 2022, Attorney General Paxton issued an opinion effectively enabling broad third-party access to voted ballots soon after counting.

Records Request to Dallas County, Texas, for Communications Regarding AG Paxton’s Opinion Enabling Near-Immediate Third-Party Access to Ballots

November 21, 2022
Records request to Dallas County, Texas, seeking communications regarding Attorney General Ken Paxton’s opinion enabling third-party access to ballots soon after they are counted.

Records Request to Dallas County, Texas, for Sent Emails Concerning Audit of County’s 2020 General Election Results

December 17, 2021
Records request to Dallas County, Texas, seeking the sent communications of members of the Dallas County Commissioners Court concerning the Texas Secretary of State's "full forensic audit" of the 2020 general election results in the county.

American Oversight Launches Investigation into Texas Election ‘Audit’

October 6, 2021
“As we’ve seen in Arizona, these phony audits have nothing to do with election security and are intended to perpetuate false claims of voter fraud to justify new restrictions on voting,” said American Oversight's executive director.

Records Request to the Dallas County, Texas, Commissioners Court for Communications Sent to Specific Individuals Regarding 2020 General Election ‘Audit’

October 5, 2021
Records request to the Dallas County, Texas, Commissioners Court seeking the sent communications of officials to specific external individuals concerning the Texas Secretary of State’s “full forensic audit” of the 2020 general election results in Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Collin counties.

Records Request to the Dallas County, Texas, Elections Department for Sent Communications Concerning the Audits of the 2020 Election Results

October 5, 2021
Records request to the Dallas County, Texas, Elections Department seeking the sent communications of select officials concerning the Texas Secretary of State’s “full forensic audit” of the 2020 general election results in Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Collin counties.

Dallas County, Texas, Records Related to Communicaitons with External Entities

April 13, 2021
Records from the Dallas County Elections Department in Texas in response to American Oversight's request for communications from external entities regarding election administration.

State and Local Officials’ Communications with Voting-Restriction Activists and Groups

November 5, 2020
False claims of widespread voter fraud have been given unearned amplification not just by the president, but by right-wing groups working on the ground in various states to convert those false claims into voting restrictions and overzealous voter-roll purges.

Investigations Update: Poll Watchers, Vaccine Communications, and Continued Political Interference in Pandemic Response

October 27, 2020
See the latest in our investigations into state elections operations, political interference in the pandemic response, and the executive order to cease federal diversity and inclusion training.