I've spoken a few times before the Tarrant County Commissioners. Most of what I've had to say hasn't been earth shattering, It has simply been an effort to remind them that while there have been no large moves made locally, that there were a number of people here still concerned about the 2020 election. The one item of substance that I had discussed was the preservation of programming and data from the election equipment so that it would be overwritten in an update that was planned. As it turned out, the scheduled update had been moved up and I did not have time to get the court on record over the issue. There were some local attorneys that were concerned by this and they filed for an injunction to make certain that the information was protected. I was trying to avoid a suit, but the information should be protected now.

A couple of weeks ago I stated that it was time to start talking in earnest about my concerns and the County Judge, Glenn Whitley,  referred me to Mr. G.K Maenius, the County Administrator to start that process. It took a while for that meeting to get scheduled, but it finally happened today. We'll have to see how it goes, but a conversation has been started and at least a few expectations set. I didn't get any guarantees of consideration, but I didn't get thrown out on my tail either. The one thing that seemed to surprise him right off was my request that the ballot images be published on the web. That is a very forward idea, but it has been done in San Francisco. There are actually a number of ways that can be done, and I made no specification. For now a table has been set.

I left two packages with him. The first was a list of things that I consider first steps to improve security and transparency and contained these two documents:
frustrations.pdf    Proposals for changes to the Tarrant County Election System.pdf

The second was a proposal to have the Commissioners call on the Secretary of State to increase the scope of his audit. The idea that our elections have not been audited in any meaningful way is simply unconscionable to me. Everything in the real world gets audited. I also see no reason why officials that we elect, should not want to demonstrate their administration of such an important function is anything but exemplary.  The following documents were left to support that request. 

Tarrant County Audit Call.pdf TCGOP Audit Resolution.pdf Additional Statements of Work for SoS Audit.pdf rasmussen-4.pdf MSM Articles on Election Vulnerabiites.pdf Three Cases for Full and Complete Audits.pdf