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‘A hornet’s nest’
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 activists who want to ditch electronic voting equipment and hand-count ballots instead. — Photo by Maria Crane/The Texas Tribune
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By Natalie Contreras Votebeat & The Texas Tribune on February 29, 2024
‘A hornet’s nest’

New elections director pushes back against conspiracies, hand-counting

Jim Riley, above, sets up for a “Is Your Ballot Safe” workshop. — Photo by Maria Crane/The Texas Tribune

Jim Riley, above, sets up for a “Is Your Ballot Safe” workshop. — Photo by Maria Crane/The Texas Tribune

Jim Riley and his team spent weeks preparing for a forum he hoped would remind the public that elections in Gillespie County are “safe, accurate and dependable.”

The new county elections administrator expected more than 50 people. He asked a more experienced election official from a neighboring county to be there, i...

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