Texas county’s GOP officials declared hand count a success, but kept finding errors

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — An hour after Gillespie County Republican Party Chairman Bruce Campbell declared the hand-counted primary election results completely accurate and certified them as final, he found another discrepancy. “It’s my mistake for not catching that,” he said, sitting in front of his laptop inside the Gillespie County election administration office Thursday.