Lubbock County required to do partial manual recount of votes following Tuesday’s election

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock County will be required by the Texas Secretary of State's Office to manually recount the ballots for several races following Tuesday's election.

The partial manual recount is pursuant to the Texas Election code. There are not any reported discrepancies in the original Lubbock County count from Tuesday.

"Texas leads the way in election integrity measures with checks before, during and after voting," Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said in a news release . "This year's audit will be the largest conducted in the state and underscore Texas' commitment to transparency."

The partial manual count across the state will be much larger and more expansive than previous post-election audits. Nelson's office said, to provide greater transparency and accountability to the election process, it has decided to include multiple offices and additional polling places for this election's audit.

The Lubbock County Elections Office must hand count the race for president, United States Senate and a randomly selected countywide race chosen by the Texas Secretary of State's Office.

The Secretary of State's office selected voting Precincts 10, 113 and 92.

Early voting, mail-in ballots and any limited or provisional ballots accepted from the early voting period will be recounted.

Voting locations to be recounted include Irons Middle School, J.A. Hodges Community Center and Roosevelt ISD Gymnasium.

Lubbock County will be drawing three additional voting precincts and three election day locations for the partial manual count.