Tarrant County

Figure 12-9: A box containing BBMs as well as tapes from voting equipment.

When descriptions on the outsides of the boxes were accurate and complete they proved helpful in locating documents. A more formal inventory, however, is recommended with greater attention to detail placed on the storage and maintenance of records.

Tarrant County had digitized virtually every record related to the 2020 General Election or was in the process of doing so during the audit.524 Tarrant County also went through the extra effort of posting these records on its public website for the 2020 General Election and subsequent elections for increased transparency. This is a best practice and should reduce the burden on the county to respond to Public Information Act requests. Upon request for more specific paper documents, Tarrant County readily produced the records requested for inspection and review. For inventory, Tarrant County uses a barcoded and numbering system, including labels describing the content of the boxes of election records for its recordkeeping.

524 In some circumstances, however, Tarrant County did appear to be missing tapes or forms from particular locations that were otherwise expected or required. For example, Tarrant County was missing zero tapes for certain Early Voting locations and results tapes from certain Early Voting and Election Day locations. See Voting System Equipment Key Events.

Figure 12-10: Tarrant County Cancelled BBMS and BBMs Returned to Tarrant County as Undeliverable