Republicans in counties large and small are considering ditching tabulation machines to count their primary ballots by hand. Only one county — Gillespie in the Texas Hill Country — is moving forward with such plans for now.

The all-Republican Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted against hand-counting ballots after receiving a letter from Attorney General Kris Mayes saying it would be illegal.

Northern Arizona county officials may be breaking state law if they choose not to use machines to count all ballots cast in the presidential election.

Peggy Judd, facing felony charges over 2022 election actions, says she feels betrayed by people who promised help with legal defense.

Across the country, grassroots groups inspired by big-name election influencers are pushing their election officials to get rid of machines. Those who have tried counting by hand proved it doesn’t work well.

At the canvass of the Gillespie County GOP primary, election workers said poor penmanship, data entry lapses, transposed numbers, and simple math mistakes led to discrepancies.

Experts say the speed of the Gillespie hand count raises questions about its accuracy.

Election officials, Republican party workers pull all-nighter to report results in Texas county’s hand-counted primary.

Jim Riley, who took the job as elections administrator in Gillespie County more than a year after the entire staff there quit, says he won’t give in to demands from voter fraud activists who want to ditch electronic voting equipment and hand count ballots.

The biggest issues in elections from 2023 will have consequences for voting this year. Here’s what we’ll be covering.

Republicans in counties large and small are considering ditching tabulation machines to count their primary ballots by hand. Only one county — Gillespie in the Texas Hill Country — is moving forward with such plans for now.

The all-Republican Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted against hand-counting ballots after receiving a letter from Attorney General Kris Mayes saying it would be illegal.

Northern Arizona county officials may be breaking state law if they choose not to use machines to count all ballots cast in the presidential election.