'Huge potential for human error' Voter concerned about Williamson County's switch to hand-marked ballots for November' [View all]

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Changes are on the way for Williamson County voters.

In the past, voters electronically picked their choices and placed their ballots in a scanner. Now, they will be given a pen and ballots with the political races and will "hand-mark each race."

Bridgette Escobedo is Williamson County's Elections Administrator and walked KVUE through the new process. A voter will enter the polling location, get checked into the electronic poll book and then receive a ballot, on which they will hand-write their choices, then place it into a scanner.

"I don't foresee any issues. We are still scanning our ballots the same way we did before, so the results will be tallied in the same method," Escobedo said.


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