Smith County Officials Launch Investigation following Election Issues

SMITH COUNTY — Smith County leaders launch an investigation after the most recent election caused concerns with voting machines and a gas leak causing a location to close. According to our news partner KETK, after several complaints from Smith County voters, Judge Nathaniel Moran says the county can do better. “We are looking at all of those issues that have been brought to our attention last week, and we want to investigate each one to ensure we understand fully what happened, and to understand how we can address that before the March primary,” Judge Moran said.

“At this point, we haven’t gotten together as a team to really understand what was fact and what was fiction last week, but once we do, we are going to address each one of those issues because clearly, we did not live up to the expectations this community has for elections that this community has, nor my expectations for excellence.” Moran also said he wants to make sure workers are familiar with the machines in case things go wrong during essential election times.