The Texas Secretary of State's Office (SOS) has published the second and last phase of the agency’s full forensic audit on Monday of the results from the 2020 general election, a press release said.
The last report of the audit, which focused on Texas’ four largest counties of Harris, Dallas, Collin and Tarrant, filled up to 360 pages, the release said.
Secretary of State John B. Scott said in the release that the audit process fulfilled its purpose.
"Texas has some of the strongest and most effective transparency measures in the country when it comes to administering and auditing elections,” Scott, a Republican, said. “The Texas forensic election audit – which is, by far, the largest undertaken in the nation to date – demonstrates how these measures can and should be used to make sure Texas voters can have confidence in the outcome of any given election, as well as which areas counties need to address to restore confidence going forward."
A Texas Tribune article that was ran by Austin CBS affiliate KEYE reported that the audit determined COVID-related “irregularities” didn’t impact the security of the Lone Star State’s elections two years ago.
Per the state, The Texas Tribune reported, Texas didn’t experience neither widespread voter fraud nor other serious issues during the 2020 election cycle.
Thirty-eight of the state’s electoral votes went to then-President Donald J. Trump though Texas Republicans insinuated that cheating occurred in the counties that would eventually be subjected to the audit.
Dallas-Fort Worth ABC affiliate WFAA reported that the SOS described Collin’s and Tarrant’s respective county governments were heavily Republican while those of the larger Dallas and Harris counties were predominantly Democratic.
The release of the last component of the audit is likely the last major act under Scott, who is slated to vacate the office effective New Year’s Eve.
Gov. Greg Abbott nominated retiring State Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) to succeed Scott.