The emails from Collin and Tarrant counties reflect confusion among local election officials after the Texas secretary of state’s office announced a “full forensic audit” of election results in late September.

“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 Tarrant 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.