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Court debates creating an elections administrator office; public and officials raise governance, timing and staffing concerns
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KERR COUNTY, Texas — Commissioners debated creating a separate elections administrator and department to take voter‑registration duties out of the tax office, but several speakers questioned the timing and accountability of the proposal.
KERR COUNTY, Texas — Commissioners debated whether to create a stand‑alone elections administrator and department that would take over voter registration duties now handled in part by the tax assessor‑collector.
County staff said the proposal would shift voter registration work into a new elections department led by an elections administrator and supported by clerks. The proposed administrator would be an appointed position and the department would report to a board made up of the tax assessor‑collector, the county clerk, the county judge, and the county Republican and Democratic party chairs, according to a staff description presented in the meeting.
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