Gillespie County Republicans are moving forward with a plan to count votes by hand during the 2024 primary election.

Shopping in Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, Texas, last year. All three of the county’s election officials resigned recently, with at least one citing death threats. Matthew Busch for The ...

Gillespie County’s election worker costs more than double after switch to hand count An election worker hand counts ballots inside of The Edge, a winery in Fredericksburg on Mar. 5, 2024.

The bigger bill for the GOP primary in Gillespie County illustrates how election costs could rise if hand counting of ballots is widely adopted.

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When Gillespie County Republicans conduct their primary in March, they will count votes in an ill-advised way: by hand, using scores of volunteers, without any machines. Even if they can pull off ...

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When Gillespie County Republicans conduct their primary in March, they will count votes by hand, using scores of volunteers, without any machines.

Maria Crane // The Texas Tribune Gillespie County’s election worker costs more than double after switch to hand count An election worker hand counts ballots inside of The Edge, a winery in ...

Gillespie County Republicans decided to hand-count primary ballots even though experts agree, and studies show the method is time-consuming, costly, less accurate, and less secure than using machines.

The hand count of thousands of Republican primary election ballots in Gillespie County is on track to cost taxpayers more than double the wage costs of the 2020 Republican primary, according to ...