The Texas Secretary of State released preliminary findings Friday from an audit of election results ordered earlier this year by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and found few issues.

The Office of Texas Secretary of State announced in September it launched a “forensic audit” of the 2020 election in Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Collin counties. Dallas and Harris are two of the state's largest Democratic counties while Tarrant and Collin are typically two of the largest Republican counties, though in the 2020 election Joe Biden narrowly won Tarrant County over incumbent Donald Trump.

The September announcement of the audit came a day after Trump suggested Abbott, a close Republican ally, order the audit. The Texas Secretary of State’s Office did not specify then what prompted the announcement.

The office of John Scott, who was appointed Texas Secretary of State in October 2021, said Friday 3,885,875 votes were cast in the November 2020 election in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Harris counties and that those nearly 4 million votes represent approximately 35% of the roughly 11.3 million votes cast statewide.

The preliminary report found that out of those nearly 4 million votes in those four counties, there were 17 deceased voters and 60 cross-state duplicate votes. The report also confirmed that the counties were removing deceased voters from voter rolls as expected.

• Statewide, a total of 509 potential cross-state duplicate votes were cast in the November 2020 General Election -...

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