Brazos County's elections administrator shares with commissioners, a review of the March primary election

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.Brazos County's elections administrator reviews the March primary election at the last county commission meeting (April 21).Click HERE to read and download statistics from the March 2026 primary election that were given at the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.Among other things, Trudy Hancock said 45 voters walked away from voting without placing their ballots in the machine which counts ballots. She suspects those voters were women who placed ballots in their large purses. She also told commissioners election workers will increase their effort in future elections to watch people leaving voting locations to ensure ballots are placed in counting machines.Hancock finished her update by questioning why residents are going to commissioners about complaints instead of contacting her. Hancock specifically brought up commissioners being asked to look into 200 ghost voters, deceased residents who remain on voter rolls, and ballots without numbers. She went on to say that she has "never given a list of the ghost voters or the deceased nor have I been given proper documentation to review for these asks. If there is a true concern, why are these asks and questions not being directed to the person who can review and answer those questions. Why are they asking made of the court who has no means of answering these questions posed?" She told commissioners she wanted "to assure the (commissioners) court that we follow the strictest policies, procedures, and best practices when it comes to our voter rolls and those that vote in our elections."Hancock says they have started sending mail ballots for the runoff. The last day to request a mail ballot is May 15th.