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El Paso County honors elections staff’s 50 years and approves creation of six new election precincts
Summary
The El Paso County Commissioner's Court adopted a resolution recognizing the Elections Department’s 50 years of service and ordered boundary changes to create six new county election precincts to comply with Texas Election Code requirements.
El Paso County Commissioner’s Court on April 28 adopted a resolution honoring the El Paso County Elections Department for 50 years of service and approved creating six new county election precincts to ensure compliance with the Texas Election Code.
The resolution, read into the record by Commissioner Lydia Butler, recognized the department’s founding in 1975 and its work to register more than 500,000 county residents, run frequent elections and develop voter education programs. Lisa Wise, El Paso County Elections Administrator, told the court she has led the department for 10 years and noted the office employs 18 full‑time staff and “anywhere between 10 and 1,000 temps and poll workers,” and that reprecincting will not change voters’ political‑subdivision districts or ballots.
The court also considered a statutorily required review under Texas Election Code §42.031 and related provisions. The elections administrator explained that each court “shall determine whether the county election precincts comply with Texas Election Code 42.005, 42.006 and 42.007,” and that boundary changes ordered now will become effective Jan. 1, 2026 (or sooner if implemented for November). The court voted to approve the creation of six new county election precincts and directed the department to post notices and maps as required by law and to submit updated maps to the Texas Secretary of State.
Judge Ricardo Samaniego moved to approve the reprecincting order; Commissioner Butler seconded. The court opened the vote and the motion carried.
The elections administrator said that once reprecincting is complete following June runoff activity, affected voters will receive updated voter registration certificates around the first week of August. She also noted the department’s outreach programs — including “Take Your Student to Vote Day” and school curriculum — and that staff and temporary workers were deployed to early‑voting locations the same week as the meeting.
The court’s actions on the precinct review and the resolution were recorded on the agenda; the court did not provide a block‑by‑block vote tally in the public minutes.
