Val Verde County Posts March 2026 Primary Election Results and Reconciliation Records

Val Verde County added four categories of election records to its official Document Center following the March 3, 2026 Joint Primary Election, continuing a post-election transparency practice that state auditors have previously confirmed the county follows as required by Texas law.

The posted documents include preliminary unofficial totals, precinct-by-precinct results, an Official Reconciliation/Attestation, and an Official Summary Results report. The reconciliation and attestation are central to the county's legal obligations: under Texas Election Code, the presiding judge of the central counting station must attest to an unofficial written reconciliation after counting has been completed for the night, comparing the number of voters who cast valid ballots with the number of ballots counted by the tabulation system, then sign and post it to the county website. A separate official reconciliation is required once all counting is complete.

The specific vote totals, the identity of the presiding judge who signed the March 3 attestation, and the exact posting timestamps were not included in the document listing and should be confirmed in the posted files on the county's Document Center.

The county's record on these requirements has been documented by state reviewers. A Texas Secretary of State preliminary audit of the November 5, 2024 General Election found that Val Verde County met its reconciliation obligations on both required timelines: the unofficial reconciliation was posted on the county website on November 5, 2024, and the final reconciliation was completed and posted on November 12, 2024. That audit cross-referenced data from the KnowInk ePollbook and the ES&S tabulation system against the county's own final reconciliation report. Data submitted from six polling locations at 11:22 p.m. on election night reported 14,588 votes cast and a 48.44 percent voter turnout through the statewide system.

The county's commissioners' court has also demonstrated a consistent certification process. During a meeting to certify the November 4, 2025 constitutional amendment and joint election results, Commissioner Flores moved to present the canvass of the results and Commissioner Vasquez seconded; the court voted 5-0 to accept the tallies. A representative from the voting equipment vendor, referred to in the transcript as "ES and S," and a representative from the Secretary of State's office were both present. Commissioners said a packet containing total tallies for each referendum and proposition was provided to the court, with distribution to commissioners to follow electronically. The court also scheduled a required public post-election equipment test for that Thursday in the county's 3rd Floor Conference Room, open to the public.

The March 3, 2026 posting marks the latest instance of the county placing election records in its Document Center, consistent with the transparency standards auditors cited under Tex. Elec. Code §§ 127.131(f) and 68.034. The actual vote counts and precinct-level breakdowns are available in the posted records on the county's Document Center.