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When the vote was called on Tuesday evening to continue looking into municipal election issues, the six council members present pushed their button to cast their ballot.
The screen inside council chambers flashed, âvotedâ next to every memberâs name except for Councilmember Debbie Nash-King, who had left early due to a prior commitment, and Mayor Jose Segarra, who only votes when there is a tie.
City Secretary Lucy Aldrich said, âThereâs a tie, Mayor Segarra. You need to vote.â
âI vote âno,â so letâs move on,â the mayor said. âThank you. Iâm glad it was a tie.â
In the three weeks since the municipal elections ended, questions of election impropriety have lingered in Killeen. Dozens of registered voters on four city streets were put in the wrong districts on the voter rolls, at least seven cast their ballot in the wrong district, and District 4 â the race where most of the issues occurred â ended in a tie.
At Tuesdayâs Killeen City Council meeting City Attorney Traci Briggs delivered a presentation unveiling the cityâs findings into what went wrong in the May 1 elections. It was supposed to provide clarity. It was supposed to provide closure.
Instead, it raised new questions, including how the rolls didnât match the number of votes cast in Precinct 404 in District 4 and who determined the limited scope of questions.