Records request to Harris 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 Harris County, Texas, seeking communications regarding Attorney General Ken Paxton’s opinion enabling third-party access to ballots soon after they are counted.
“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 Harris 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 Harris 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.
Public records request to the Harris County Sheriff's Office seeking assessments of the impact of the February 2021 power crisis caused by a winter storm on county jail population.
Public records request to the Harris County Sheriff's Office seeking complaints submitted by the people detained in any Harris County jail during the February 2021 crisis caused by a winter storm.
Emails produced by County Clerk's Office of Harris County, Texas, in response to American Oversight's request for communications with external entities including state and local Republican parties.
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.