Overview

Dallas County, Collin County, and the Elections Division of the Secretary of State all received multiple complaints during the 2020 election.531 Each complaint was categorized by the Forensic Audit Department as follows:

• Procedure: Complaints about procedures not being followed at the polling locations. This can include not following COVID protocols, having a voter sign the wrong document, or not following marker guidelines.

• Conduct: Complaints about a person’s conduct at the polling location. This can include complaints about the attitudes of poll workers, voters, or supervisors as well as any type of alleged discriminatory actions a voter might have witnessed or experienced.

• Intimidation: Complaints about a voter feeling pressured or forced to do something a certain way by someone in authority.

• Fraud: Whether the voter reported an event that could lead to possible voter fraud.

• Technology: Issues with machines at polling locations or issues with the ballots themselves.

During the 2020 election there were complaints about multiple people and locations. The Forensic Audit Division assigned the following labels to each party involved in the complaint:

• Voter: Anyone who is at the polling location for purposes of casting a ballot.

• Poll worker: A person who is employed by the polling location or works in elections but is not in a supervisory role such as judge.

• Supervisor: People who are in charge of the operations of the polling locations. This includes, for example, presiding judges, alternate judges, or election administrators.

• USPS: Complaints regarding the loss of ballots by mail or absentee ballots.

531 Harris County did not respond to the initial request for copies of complaints they received during the 2020 election. Harris is now gathering the complaints. Tarrant County provided their complaints for the 2022 primaries, but not the 2020 election. Tarrant is in the process of providing the correct complaints.