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Rockwall elections official warns bill changing early‑voting days will raise weekend pay; asks for tablets, poll‑book contingency and promotions
Summary
Elections Administrator Chris Lynch told commissioners the state bill shifting early‑voting start days will raise weekend pay obligations, but he said reimbursements and contract revenue should help. He also sought grant funding for additional vote‑center tablets, and proposed three staff promotions that together add about $13,500 in salary.
Chris Lynch, Rockwall County elections administrator, walked the commissioners through his proposed FY 2026 budget requests and highlighted a pending state change that he said will alter weekend staffing and pay.
Lynch told the court that a recently filed state bill (referred to in the meeting as SB 2753) would move the start of early voting from Monday to Thursday and compress the schedule so early‑voting hours occur over a weekend that previously was not fully worked. "This bill eliminates that. So we'll start instead of starting on a Monday, we'll start on a Thursday, and then we will run all the way through that Tuesday of election day," Lynch said, adding that the change "is going to have an impact" because…
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