Siegel to county commissioners: 'It's time to stop hiding behind your position and stand up for the voters in Harris County'

Harris County leaders certified the results from the Nov. 8 election on Tuesday, according to reports from Houston-based media outlets. 

The move comes just as Texas’ largest county again finds itself mired in controversy over how its races were conducted, with Houston CBS affiliate KHOU reporting that Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton announced that his office will pursue legal action in an effort to have ballots cast during the extended voting hour junked.

Per KHOU, the Harris County Republican Party expressed scrutiny and ire toward what they asserted was a host of widespread problems at various polling locations throughout the county on Election Day. 

The GOP alleges that many people in predominantly red precincts weren’t given a chance to vote, to which their Democratic counterparts pushed back as another form of denying election results.

Houston FOX affiliate KRIV reported that just two members of the Harris County Commissioners Court attended the official canvass and gave the green light to accept the results. 

According to KRIV, the commissioners who were present, Democrats Adrian Garcia and Rodney Ellis, met the quorum to conduct the canvass and hold a vote on the approval. 

"As election officials, it's time to stop hiding behind your position and stand up for the voters in Harris County by voting against approving the canvass until it can be determined, in a transparent manner, the reasons for the egregious mismanagement of this election and restore the voter's confidence that it won't happen again,” Harris County GOP Chair Cindy Siegel said, the station reported.

Harris County Democrats Chair Odus Evbagharu took to Twitter to criticize Siegel’s call “as an absolute joke.” 

Houston Daily reported that Harris County District Attorney (DA) Kim Ogg, herself a Democrat, requested for the Texas Rangers to launch an investigation into the alleged Election Day fiasco. 

According to Ogg, the publication reported, the state requires her office to investigate any credible complaint arising from supposed election irregularity.