Tarrant County inviting public to test voting machines

FORT WORTH, Texas —

It’s an open invitation to test Tarrant County’s voting machines.  

This week, officers are appearing like voters on the Tarrant County Elections Administration Office. Voting machines are out and officers are conducting accuracy exams on 1000’s of them.

On Friday, the public has an opportunity to be part of the method.  

“It’s a test of accuracy for the system,” stated Tarrant Elections administrator Heider Garcia. “I hope it simply exhibits what we’ve been saying, you possibly can’t alter the outcomes of the election,” Garcia stated. 

He desires anybody who has questions or doubts surrounding the elections verification course of to test it in-person. 

For the primary time, Tarrant Elections Office is conducting a so-called unscripted test. On Friday, the public may have the chance to vote in a test election and watch the rely. They’ll have the opportunity to run in-person and absentee ballots via voting machines to be certain that each machine counts precisely. 

To be clear, the unscripted test is just not an official vote. 

The public can take part within the test between 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Friday. by visiting the Tarrant County Election Administration workplace in Fort Worth at 2700 Premier St.

The county’s push to enhance belief within the system comes on account of rising doubt surrounding election integrity, which has grown for the reason that 2020 election, Garcia stated. 

Garcia informed WFAA he desires the 1.2 million folks eligible to vote in Tarrant County to do it with full confidence within the system. 

“I think it’s a small group of people who don’t have confidence,” Garcia stated. “I feel the overwhelming majority of individuals in Tarrant County have faith within the election system. It simply bothers me to have the lingering query floating round, and I like to present folks with proof and confidence.” 

There are solely 47 days till the Nov. 8 midterm election.