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Tarrant County Election Board Member Listed Amid Theft Allegation
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Alleged Theft and Board Membership
Jennifer James, a resident of White Settlement and wife of council member Aaron James, appears on the Republican-party list of appointees to the Tarrant County early-voting ballot board. The list, published on page 6 of the board’s agenda, does not indicate whether she remains a member. In early October, White Settlement Mayor Faron Young reported that security-camera footage showed James removing a campaign sign that had been placed on private property belonging to a local dealership. Young said the sign’s disappearance prompted a police report, and James was subsequently cited for theft. The mayor added that he filed the report because the signs represented a financial loss.
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Role and Function of the Early Voting Ballot Board
The Tarrant County Election Board—comprising the Republican and Democratic party chairs, the county judge, and the elections administrator—appoints members to the early-voting ballot board. Members must represent the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties. Their primary duty is to count ballots that are not automatically scanned, including mail-in, provisional, or any ballots affected by scanner outages. Proceedings are live-streamed for public transparency.
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Official Statements & Responses
Mayor Faron Young publicly expressed confusion over the alleged theft, stating, “I have no idea why she would do that.” Tim Davis, chairman of the Tarrant County GOP, and Allison Campollo, chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party, did not respond to requests for comment. The board’s agenda, set for a meeting in late October, lists public comment and the appointment of ballot-board members for the upcoming election.
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Verbatim Quotes
- “I have no idea why she would do that,” — Faron Young, white settlement mayor — Faron Young, White Settlement mayor