The findings point to numerous changes Harris County could make, such as improving...
to replace outgoing administrator Isabel Longoria — faces a daunting timeline until the November election, but he will not be starting from scratch; Beth Stevens, chief director of voting for Harris County, is serving as interim administrator and overseeing plans for November until he is in place.
He succeeds Longoria, who resigned just days after the March primary amid criticism over slow reporting of results and the county elections office’s failure to include 10,000 ballots in the initial count on election night.The draft report from the research firm Fors Marsh Group offers a glimpse behind the scenes of the primary election — and an accounting of the many challenges the county elections office faces as employees adapt to new leadership, new voting machines and new state laws.
A survey of Harris County election judges and poll workers included in the report showed 91 percent were satisfied with the instructors who trained them and the answers they received. However, only 66 percent of those who served as election judges in March thought the training was sufficient, while 35 percent of first-time election judges and poll workers said they did not feel adequately prepared to serve in the election.
The report indicates Harris County could streamline its election operations by switching to joint primaries. In Harris County, the Democratic and Republican primaries are operated separately at each voting location, with separate lines and separate machines.
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