As of October 22, 2026, 5:25 AM C0161
We compared Dallas County’s own lists of who has voted with the Texas Secretary of State’s public record for Dallas, person by person and count by count.
This is not an allegation against any voter.
people on the STATE list that the county does not know C0163
people on the COUNTY list that the state does not acknowledge C0163
more votes on the state’s totals page than names on its own voter list C0161
mail voters the county has that the state’s list does not C0165
For October 19 and 20, Dallas County’s list names 141,118 people who voted early in person. The state’s list for Dallas names 141,078. 141,018 are on both lists. C0163
But 60 people are only on the state’s list, and 100 are only on the county’s. C0163
An earlier draft of this brief said: “None of them is anywhere on the state’s list, in any county, by any way of voting.” Our review caught that as an error.
The real finding is bigger. 59 of the 100 are not missing: the state’s record puts them in other counties. Dallas County’s own list shows all 59 voting early in person in Dallas County. The state’s list has the same 59 people, but files them under other counties (listed above). The other 41 are not on the state’s list at all. C0163
In 59 cases, a vote cast in person in Dallas County is credited by the state’s own record to a different county. C0163
The county's two counts match exactly. The state's totals page is far above all three others. C0161
| C0161 | Mon, Oct 19 | Tue, Oct 20 | Both days | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State totals page | 104,636 | 85,821 | 190,457 | C0161 |
| State voter list | 77,524 | 63,554 | 141,078 | C0161 |
| County vote-center count | 77,548 | 63,570 | 141,118 | C0161 |
| County voter list | 77,548 | 63,570 | 141,118 | C0161 |
“All information displayed is provided by county election officials. The Office of the Secretary of State does not alter or modify the data provided in any way.”
The state’s totals page and the state’s voter list should agree in every county. In 208 of the 254 counties they agree exactly. C0162 C0169
| County | Votes apart | Which is higher | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 49,379 | totals page | C0169 |
| Harris | 1,670 | voter list higher | C0169 |
| Hidalgo | 995 | totals page higher | C0169 |
| Callahan | 848 | totals page higher | C0169 |
| Every other county added together | 6,065 | either way | C0169 |
“Votes apart” counts a gap the same whichever count is higher: either way it is a miss. C0169
The state’s totals page for Dallas, as it read in each download. A new row only when the number changed. C0162
| State download C0162 | Mon, Oct 19 | Tue, Oct 20 | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 1:13 AM to Oct 20, 5:16 AM | no count yet | no count yet | C0162 |
| Oct 20, 9:15 AM | 73,548 | no count yet | C0162 |
| Oct 20, 1:16 PM to Oct 20, 5:16 PM | 103,056 | no count yet | C0162 |
| Oct 20, 9:12 PM to Oct 21, 9:14 PM | 103,060 | no count yet | C0162 |
| Oct 22, 1:13 AM to Oct 22, 5:17 AM | 104,636 | 85,821 | C0162 |
| Dallas County’s own count | 77,548 | 63,570 | C0162 |
Dallas County’s own first list for October 19, dated on the county’s server the next morning at 9:35 AM, had 76,243 people. Its next list has 77,548 for that day, 1,305 more. The added people voted between 10:43 AM and 6:58 PM, inside the hours the first list already covered (7:01 AM to 8:34 PM). C0164
Dallas County posts a list of every mail ballot it has received back. Its list for October 21 names 12,890 people. On the state’s side, the voter list shows 4,329 Dallas mail voters, and the totals page shows 10,289 mail votes. Three records of the same thing, three different numbers. C0165
8,593 people the county has a mail ballot back from are not on the state’s list of mail voters. 4,297 are on both. C0165
The state’s list has nothing dated before October 14. Dallas County received 6,699 mail ballots back before then; the state’s list shows 5 of those people. C0166
Each bar is one day’s mail ballots coming back to the county, by the county’s own list. Blue is the part the state’s list shows as mail voters; red is the part it does not. C0166
Every voter number we read has the state’s 10-digit form. A number repeats 1 time on the state’s list and 0 times on the county’s. 14 mail ballots on the county’s list have no state voter number. None of that explains differences in the thousands. C0167
For October 19 and 20, the state’s totals page shows 190,457 in-person votes. Dallas County counts 141,118. The state’s own voter list names 141,078. C0161 C0163
60 people. For 50 of them, the state’s own row gives a precinct Dallas does not use. C0163 C0170
100 in-person voters are not on the state’s list as Dallas voters: 59 are listed in other counties and 41 are not on it at all. 8,593 mail voters the county has back are not on the state’s mail list. C0163 C0165
The state’s page says its figures come from county election officials. Its total is not the county’s total, and its 60 extra voters are not on the county’s list. Neither came from Dallas County. C0161 C0163
If a system cannot tell us who voted, how can we trust that system to give us a count of who voted?