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, Tatum said the operational systems behind the county’s elections are in “immediate need of upgrades or replacements” and floated the idea of an election-worker evaluation system to make sure the teams running the polls are all up to the task.
“There has been a real issue — we've heard this in testimony on other bills today — on retaining and finding poll workers,” Weinberg said. “This bill would make the failure to deliver supplies, it would go from essentially a speeding ticket … to looking at real jail time. That can have a chilling effect on trying to recruit and retain poll workers for your elections.”
State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has said he's worried election marshals like those under Bettencourt's plan would be sent disproportionately to voting sites in communities of color. Nelson would be able to appoint a conservator to oversee elections in that county for two federal election cycles.
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