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Cooke County clerk urges hiring election administrator as early‑voting changes loom
Summary
County Clerk Pam Neely told commissioners she is requesting a dedicated election administrator and flagged a state bill she says could require 12 days of continuous early voting starting in 2027, as well as an executive order that may force changes to voting equipment and procedures.
County Clerk Pam Neely told the Cooke County Commissioners Court on June 25 she is seeking funds to create a full‑time election administrator role and other resources to handle an expected increase in election workload tied to state law changes and possible equipment rules.
Neely said she trimmed her budget request in some lines but is proposing a $65,000–$70,000 salary for an election administrator (EA) to centralize election functions now spread across offices. She told commissioners she expects work tied to administering elections will grow substantially under a state bill that, in her reading, would require “12 days before election day, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays” of early voting and would mean early voting locations also must serve as polling places on election day.
That change is part of House Bill 2753 (referred to in the hearing as “house bill 27 53”), which Neely…
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