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MIDLAND COUNTY 318TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT: HA, 5.
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ADDITIONAL ORDER TO OPEN THE BALLOT BOXES FROM THE
NOVEMBER 5, 2018 GENERAL ELECTION AND COUNTY THE BALLOTS

Having received and considered additional information discovered? during the opening of
ballot boxes on December 12, 2019, and having received no objection from any of the parties
involved with the opening of ballot boxes and counting of ballots on that date, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Midland County Elections Administrator is authorized to temporarily suspend the
opening of ballot boxes and counting of ballots until 8:00 am. on Monday, December
16, 2019, or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioners Courtroom or adjacent
offices and rooms at the Midland County Annex at 2110 North A Street, Midland,
Texas. At that time the Elections Administrator shall open the remaining ballot boxes
and conduct a manual count of the total numb er of ballots in each box using a sufficient
number of volunteers to complete the task in one day, or as soon thereafter as is
possible. Upon completion of the count, all ballots are to be returned to the box from
which they were removedlocked and/ or sealed as required by law.
All interested persons may be present to observe the Opening.

2. The Midland County Elections Administrator is authorized to open the newly
discovered locked and sealed ballot box that was found in the Midland County
Elections Of?ce on the afternoon of December 12, 2019, at 8:00 am. on Monday,

December 16, 2019, or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioners Courtroom

or adjacent of?ces and rooms at the Midland County Annex at 2110 North A Street,
Midland, Texas. Upon opening the box, the Elections Administrator will determine
whether the box contains any ballots ??om the November 5, 2019 election. If the box
does not-?contain ballots from the November I 2019? election, 77 the Elections
Administrator will re?seal and/ or re?lock the box. If the box does contain ballots from
the November 5, 2019 election, those ballots are to be counted along with the other

ballots from that election. Any interested person may be present to observe.

. The Midland County Elections Administrator is authorized to access digital copies of

the ballots from the November 5, 2019 election and to compare these ballots to the
physical ballots contained in the boxes. This will be done by or under the supervision
of quali?ed representatives of (Election Systems Software, This
process should begin with the ballots from the Elections Office early voting location

and may continue with other voting locations as determined to be necessary. During

this process, the employees and volunteers are authorized to separate the ballots within

a box by precinct. If this process takes more than one day, the ballots are to be secured
in the box from which they were taken, and the box may then be reopened when the

pro CCSS .

. The Court further orders the Midland County Elections Administrator to retrieve any

documents that were erroneously placed in any of the boxes. Immediately thereafter,
the Midland County Elections Administrator shall make a copy of any retrieved
documents, and then place the original in a sealed envelope with date and identity of
the election and preserve the documents for the period required by the Texas Election

Code.

   

       

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318TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

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