Serious irregularities in the 2024 congressional election in Texas’s 28th district have raised significant concerns about the security and validity of the vote.
The district is already in the national spotlight because incumbent Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), now in his eleventh term, faces a federal investigation over more than $600,000 in payments from foreign entities.
The central controversy, however, centers on the conduct of the vote count and compliance with Texas election law.
During the recount, one ballot box went missing for some time.
Under Texas law, a chain of custody breach is a serious violation that can be sufficient to void an election result. No explanation has been provided for the disappearance, and no action has been taken to determine why the box was removed or whether its contents were compromised.
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Another violation occurred when certified ballots—blank but signed—were shredded before the recount began. State law requires that all unused ballots be preserved and accounted for after an election.
Destroying these ballots before proper verification removes a key safeguard against fraud and constitutes a breach that can invalidate certification. In Webb County, where these incidents occurred, election officials have not publicly explained why the destruction took place.
Texas law also mandates strict ballot storage security in counties with populations over 100,000, requiring continuous video surveillance of every area where voted ballots are kept.
Webb County, with more than 267,000 residents, is subject to this requirement. Yet during early voting, only 27 of the county’s 41 ballot boxes were visible on vault camera feeds.
Fourteen ballot boxes remained outside camera range for the entire period, leaving a substantial portion of the vote storage system unmonitored.
Problems extended to ballot review procedures. Under Texas law, candidates have the right to copy every ballot they challenge. In this case, all 66,000 ballots cast in Webb County were formally challenged, placing the entire count under review.
Despite the law’s clear language, election officials imposed restrictions not found in the statute. They required that copies be made only on paper rather than electronically, mandated that the candidate personally make every copy without assistance, and prohibited the use of county-owned copiers designed to handle the unusual 4-inch by 13-inch, double-sided ballots printed on thick stock.
Because of these restrictions, it took almost a week for Republican candidate Jay Furman to secure privately sourced equipment capable of copying the ballots.
Once the process began, 25,000 ballots were copied before Webb County halted the review. The stoppage interrupted a planned forensic investigation by election experts and effectively blocked a complete examination of the contested votes.
The dispute was brought before the Fourth Court of Appeals, which ordered Webb County to allow ballot copying to continue. County officials ignored the ruling.
The court issued a second demand for compliance, which was also disregarded. Two months later, the county hired a prominent Austin law firm to attempt to overturn the standing court order. Officials have not explained why they refused to follow the court’s directive before seeking to reverse it.
The most concerning development is that the county judge who oversaw the entire process, Tano Tijerina, has since switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party and is now running in the same 2026 Republican primary as Jay Furman.
Furman has signed a legally binding affidavit, which I have reviewed, stating that before the election, Judge Tijerina told him that if Furman failed to defeat Cuellar, he planned to run for the same seat in the Republican primary.
During the recount, the judge’s actions aligned with his political ambitions, as blocking Furman’s victory would have removed a potential obstacle to his planned run for the seat.
If these breakdowns remain unaddressed, they could set a precedent that weakens enforcement of election law statewide. Future races could be decided under the shadow of similar violations, eroding public trust in the democratic process.
Furman is still waiting for the official certified recount canvass from the Texas Secretary of State, which is required for submission to the U.S. House. The Secretary of State mistakenly sent the original canvass report to the U.S. House Administration Committee—the ultimate venue for Congress election challenges.
Please call the Texas Secretary of State at 1-800-252-8683 (ext. 4), the Texas Attorney General at 1-800-621-0508, and the Texas Governor’s Office at 512-463-2000 to demand immediate action.
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